15958 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS July 15, 1981 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS WHICH DIRECTION-THE Now, just between ourselves (laughter), do cratic" and scratch out the word "Socialist" DEMOCRATIC PARTY?-II you know any administrative officer that and let the two platforms lay there, and then ever tried to stop Congress from appropriat­ study the record of the present administra­ ing money? Do you think there has been tion up to date. HON. LARRY McDONALD any desire on the part of Congress to curtail Af~er you have done that, make your OF appropriations? mind up to pick up the platform that more IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Why, not at all. The fact is, that Congress nearly squares with the record and you will is throwing them right amd left, don't even have your hand on the Socialist platform; Wednesday, July 15, 1981 tell what they are for.

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I I July 15, 1981 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 15969 Soccer Club, played in the Beaconsfield, robin, winning all three matches. However, any wonder that our productivity as a Quebec, "All-Canada Day" soccer tourna­ they were unable to conquer a tough Dol­ nation is falling when valuable time and ment recently. Most of the participants lard team, losing 4-2, in the semis. Port's effort has to be spent complying with gov­ were housed by the residents of the Montre­ goals were by Keith Saunders and Kevin ernment regulations? Of course not, and the al suburb for the five days and had a busy, Barry. Roster: Saunders, goal; Mike Sa­ answer has cost the American businessman fun-filled time. lerno, John Giagu, Derek Deutsch, Monty over $100 billion. The Port teams did very well on the field, Byers, Doug Drew, fullbacks; Paul Melani, Why should we relieve the small business­ with three of them winning first place tro­ Barry, Toby Zacks, Umberto Diaz, half­ man from the burden of government regula­ phies. Another played in the finals and two backs; Paul Levine, Billy Breen, Michael tion? The reason was given to us in a recent others reached the semi-finals. Vogt, forwards. study conducted by Professor C. Wright The Port Blasters, coached by Frank The Port Dynamites, coached by Alex Miller, did not quite make the semis, despite Mills. His study showed that the small busi­ Tomeo, won two and tied one in the round ness community has higher income levels, robin games to get into the semis. It took a a strong finish. Game scores were 0-1, 1-1, and 4-0. The last game victory came on greater civic participation, more home own­ tough 3-2 overtime match over Pointe Clair ership, better housing and lower mortality to reach the finals. The finals versus Bea­ scores by Lawrence Kiey with two, Ian Miller, and Louis Batsidis. Roster: Tom rates. These are characteristics of the kind confield was a close match and Port finally of community that we do do not want to won on a goal by Freddie Wright, about 10 Fraser, goal; John McCarthy, Roy Pedersen, Anthony DiTore, Ale Moschos, fullbacks; perish. In order to avoid these, we must try minutes from the end. Roster: Jamie and solve this regulatory problem and pro­ Hughes, goal; Eddie McLoughlin, Bill Fun­ Kiey, Miller, Bob Guagnini, Dirk Giagu, Noah Krieger, halfbacks; Batsidis, Kevin vide incentives to help promote small busi­ chion, Jamie Kirmser, Dan Mulholland, ness. Not only do small businesses help the fullbacks; Jon Cohen, Brian Ramos, Wright, Littman, Keith Johnson, Joshua Wolfman, Alex Byers, forwards. community by improving it but they also and Brian Tomeo, hitlfbacks; Peter Asnis, provide 86 percent of the new jobs which Jamal Skinner, Adriano Mele, Jose Diaz, The Port Cosmos, coached by Herb John­ Erik Johnson, Toru Fujimori, forwards. son, missed the semis by only a goal aver­ help lower our unemployment rate. The Port Tornadoes, coached by Nelson age. They lost their first game 3-0. Howev­ Is this nation the "land of opportunity"? Buitron, were undefeated in the round er, they won the next two by the same One wonders as you read through the al­ robin, winning two and tying one. The semis scores, 2-1. Goals were by Scott Johnson, phabet soup of hundreds of government reg­ was a rematch against a Hudson, Ct., team. Hugh Fever, Craig Stulberger, and Danny ulatory agencies. OSHA, EPA, FAA, ICC, However, this time Port had an easy time O'Sullivan. Roster: Lance N ovinski, goal; and others threated to so overburden the winning 8-1. The Tornadoes broke open the Scott Bornholdt, Mark O'Grady, Mike Zof­ small business. These regulatory agencies' finals against Beaconsfield in the second chak, Ken Fisherman, fullbacks; Micah stipulations, along with high costs of start­ half on goals by Catherine Wood and Karen Buder, O'Sullivan, John Villani, Clark ing up a business, may destroy the small Fico to win 3-1. Maryann Contino netted Vietri, halfbacks; Scott Murchison, Bill businessman. the other score. Roster: Cynthia Sherman, Konig, Masafumi Miuri, Johnson, Fever, What we must do is curtail further regula­ goal; Doree Ann Vietri, Sandy Buitron, forwards. tions and reduce the power of regulatory This report would be amiss if it did not Monique Cibants, fullbacks; Lisa Kaup, Erin state that the entire contingent of players agencies. I see three possible ways to do Maguire, Caroline Gegan, halfbacks; Susan and adults were unanimous in their appre­ this. First of all, we should search for un­ Gegan, Wood, Lori Salerno, Contino, and ciation to their very gracious hosts in Bea­ necessary regulation and eliminate it Fico, forwards. consfield. Entire families gave of themselves through executive action. Second, a meeting The Port Strikers, coached by Ziggy from the moment we arrived until the time of business, government, and labor leaders Groeger, won all three of their round robin for departure. Port Washington thanks you should be organized to induce cooperation games. The semis was a high-scoring affair, Beaconsfield and hopes that a chance to re­ among the groups so they can work togeth­ with a 9-3 victory over Roxboro. The finals ciprocate happens in the near future.e er to further reduce regulation costs. And fi­ was a bruising match against the hosts, Bea­ nally, by providing additional capital for consfield, and was 1-1 at half-time on a goal small business burdened with continued reg­ by Jeff Bernat. However, Port took over in SMALL BUSINESS AND AMERICA: ulation. the second half with the winning score by STILL THE LAND OF OPPORTU­ If we can help the small businessman out Vinny Mazzilli, and insurance goals from NITY? by deciphering government regulations and Bobby Singer and Gennaro Caliendo. cutting them down to proper proportions, Roster: Joe Tiberia, goal; Joe Roberts, then we may see hope for the entrepreneur. David Grossman, John Salerno, Haris Stalis, HON. VIN WEBER When we can take these actions, we'll have fullbacks; Joe Cella, Bennie Brevard, Maz­ OF MINNESOTA more jobs, more income for everyone and a zilli, halfbacks; Caliendo Bernat, Eli Yous­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES true "land of opportunity"·• sian, and Singer, forwards. The Port Junior Strikers, coached by Wednesday, July 15, 1981 Steve Thermes, breezed through the round e Mr. WEBER. Mr. Speaker, today I TOO RISKY: CONGRESS IS robin matches. However, they had a tough insert into the RECORD an article writ­ semis against Pieerefond winning 4-3 in RIGHT TO OPPOSE THE overtime with Gustavo Castillo scoring all ten by Jill Watkins, of St. Cloud, AWACS SALE TO THE SAUDIS the goals. The Junior Strikers could not get Minn., emphasizing her concern for untracked in the finals against Beacons­ the future of small business. Ms. Wat­ field, despite suberb efforts by Todd Faude kins rightly, I believe, points to the HON. WILLIAM M. BRODHEAD and Mark Scaramucci, losing 3-0. Roster: growing burden small business faces OF MICHIGAN John Oldak, goal; Neil Koren, Anthony De­ from the haphazard regulations issued melas, Scaramucci, Mark Formisano, Jose from the Federal Government, and IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Diaz, fullbacks; Danny Erno, Leslie Zacks, presents us with some working solu­ Peter Cook, Tommy Coehlo, and John Ti­ Wednesday, July 15, 1981 beria, halfbacks; Emerindo Mele, Castillo, tions to encourage the growth and de­ velopment of these businesses. e Mr. BRODHEAD. Mr. Speaker, I Faude, and Johnny Walters, forwards. would like to call my colleagues' atten­ The Port Supersonics, coached by Norman LAND OF OPPORTUNITY? tion to a recent editorial in the Detroit Faude, won their three round-robin America has always been considered the matches: 6-0, 2-1, 4-1. Playing their fourth "land of opportunity". Our forefathers Free Press, "Congress is Right to game in two days with no substitutes, the came to this country searching for economic Oppose the AWACS Sale to the Supersonics were finally downed in the freedom, the freedom to work for them­ Saudis." This thoughtful editorial out­ second overtime, 2-1, by Beaconsfield. Dawn selves and their families. As they settled on lines a number of cogent arguments Davis scored Port's only goal. Roster: Karen these shores, the new entrepreneur began to against the arms sale, and calls upon Tergesen, goal; Claudia Sherman, Dee Dee build businesses, small businesses of every the Congress to correct the adminis­ Faude, Mieke Bloomfield, fullbacks; Chris­ kind. But now, over 200 years later, that tration's mistake in proposing the sale. tine Laheney, Trina Coccarelli, Diane dream of working for yourself and your McLaughlin, halfbacks; Charis Kayser, family, of owning a small business, is being I am pleased that a majority of the Dawn Davis, Nora Maguire, Katherine Kitt, threatened by the amount of government House has already cosponsored the forwards. regulation that it must comply with. resolution to disapprove the sale, and I The Port Astros, coached by George Saun­ Last year alone, government regulations trust that we will remain firm in our ders and John Melani, did well in the round cost the businessman over $103 billion. Is it resolve to reject this unwise action. 15970 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS July 15, 1981 Too RISKY: CONGRESS Is RIGHT To OPPOSE HOOSIER OIL SHALE: QUESTIONS AND supply a commercial plant would be large. THE AwACS SALE TO THE SAUDIS ANSWERS One estimate suggests that five to eight The Reagan administration professes to Frequently, I have been asked about the square miles would have to be mined to feed be confident that it can avoid congressional development of Hoosier oil shale. Most such a plant for 25 years. Other estimates rejection of the sales of five sophisticated people know that oil shale is a rock contain­ imply that between 100 and 600 acres would AW ACS planes to Saudi Arabia. But with a ing small amounts of organic material be mined at any one time. The Department majority in each house of Congress joining which, when heated to a certain tempera­ of Reclamation of the State of Indiana will in an appeal to the president to cancel the ture, yields valuable petroleum products, be the principal agency seeking to ensure sale the persistence in pursuing the sale but they still want to know what the prob­ that the mined areas are restored in accord­ see~s more bravado in the face of a genuine lems of development are and what benefits ance with state standards, as specified in dilemma than anything else. there might be. The following information state permits that will be issued for each may help to answer some of the questions: project. If a company did not live up to its President Reagan, in offering the AW ACS Where is Hoosier oil shale located? Al­ agreement, Indiana could use reclamation as well as attachable fuel tanks that will en­ though its extent is not fully known, oil bonds posted by that firm to help restore hance the range of F-15s the Saudis already shale is present in the Illinois Basin in the land. have, has created the dilemma. The propos­ southwestern Indiana and in the Michigan Are the environmental effects of oil shale al is a serious mistake, endangering the se­ Basin in northeastern Indiana. Clark, Scott, development in Indiana fully known? Many curity of Israel and adding little to the secu­ and Floyd counties are among the counties important questions remain unanswered. rity of the United States. The capacity of generally considered to be attractive candi­ For example, we do not know whether areas the AWACS planes to enhance the surveillance Is Hoosier oil shale of high quality? Al­ on a commercial scale. We do not know and attack-directing abilities of the Saudis though it varies in its organic content, much what processing will do to the small would mean that, for the first time, Saudi oil shale in Indiana averages roughtly ten amounts of radioactive material in the oil Arabia would be a direct threat to Israel. percent carbon by weight and contains ten shale, whether such material will be re­ And why? The theory that the sale in­ gallons of "oil equivalent" per ton. However, leased into the environment, or what prob­ creases the security of the oil-rich Middle there are oil shales that contain as much as lems it may pose for workers. We do not East simply does not make sense. There are 15 gallons of "oil equivalent" per ton. Since know whether our water systems will be pol­ already AW ACS planes, under American only a few core samples have been assayed luted. We do not know whether technology control, close enough to provide surveillance so far, more work will have to be done on will be effective in controlling or reducing against possible Soviet intrusion into the the geochemistry of Hoosier oil shale. these and other forms of pollution. Middle East. In addition, the danger that Is Hoosier oil shale hard to reach? Exten­ How will the development of oil shale ben­ this sensitive equipment could fall into un­ sive tracts of oil shale are quite close to the efit Indiana? There are many possible bene­ friendly hands, as happened with so much surface in Indiana, so they could be strip­ fits to be considered. An oil shale industry American-supplied equipment in Iran after mined or quarried. The New Albany oil in Indiana could result in the employment the fall of the shah, is no frivilous issue. shales, a major formation, outcrop in parts of several thousand people. The economy in The Saudis have played oil politics down of the state and range in thickness from 90 some rural regions of the state might be the line in trying to win approval of the to 130 feet. The rocks dip and thicken stimulated. The restoration of mined areas sale: first arguing within the Organization southwestward into the Illinois Basin, could enhance their usefulness in agricul­ of Petroleum Exporting Countries for price where they reach a maximum thickness of ture. Even if commercial production never restraint, and now deciding to reduce their 337 feet in the extreme southwest. took place, some landowners might receive own oil output. First, there was an act of How will Hoosier oil shale be processed different kinds of advance payments for the seeming friendship, now there is the re­ once it is mined? Interested companies are leasing of the mineral rights. minder that they have the capacity to dis­ examining a variety of ways to convert oil

79-059 0-84-29 (Pt. 12) 15974 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS July 15, 1981 said, mean that continuity no longer relies things. I don't have his beautiful suits, but I quilting bee is working under a great deal of on personalities but has shifted back to the wouldn't look good in them." heat. faculty. He urged the trustees, "those ab­ Some of it comes from the families and sentee landlords," to concentrate more on [From the New York Times, June 22, 19811 colleges that are directly affected. In only what is continuous and permanent. TOWARD SENSIBLE COLLEGE LoANS three years, since guaranteed yearly loans "As president," he said, "you have to im­ Cutting back the college student loan pro­ of $2,500 were open to all students, much of merse yourself in the stream-without being gram is a chore not relished by any Con­ the middle class has come to depend on inundated." gressman who can count constituents. Two their existence. "The president's key function," Mr. Gia­ committees marched bravely up the hill in But it also emanates from the widespread matti insisted, "is not external relations. It recent weeks, but now the House is running anxiety on the part of the entire middle must be the other way around. Everything for cover. Hope for a sensible retrenchment class about their children's future. The should come from the core and move out­ therefore rests with the work of the Senate threat to the guaranteed student-loan pro­ ward." Labor and Human Resources Committee. gram is an attack on the ability of the If university presidents have stepped back The pressure of tuition costs on middle­ middle class to give their children the one from "the bully pulpit" of national leader­ income families led Congress to remove all legacy promised them: an education. ship, a major reason he said, is that "daily income limits in 1978. Students were thus "College," the idea and the reality, has ac­ management concerns are so pressing. Time able to borrow up to $2,500 a year at a mere quired a curious role in this democracy. to sit and think is a problem. Most of the 7 percent, regardless of their parents' cir­ Most of us are only two·or three generations time you just have to see that the clay is cumstances. Even the wealthy with no need away from immigrants. Our grandparents or moist every day instead of really shaping it of Government help couldn't afford to pass great-grandparents pinned their hopes on yourself." up that bargain. The income ceiling for out­ their children's education. For them, school Public perceptions, Mr. Giamatti adds, right tuition grants was simultaneously was central to the myth of making it in have also changed. It used to be assumed raised from $15,000 to $25,000. Together, America. that college presidents were entitled to these measures pushed up the program's Today we are somewhat more skeptical speak out about th~ big issues. Since the cost by 150 percent in three years, to nearly about the value of college for upward mobil­ 1960's, "the public hasn't asked" and the $5 billion in 1980. ity. About 50 percent of 18-year-olds are en­ presidents themselves "don't want to be per­ To save money, both House and Senate rolled in higher education and they cannot ceived as tilting politically." committees suggest raising the interest rate all rise above average. But we still regard Moreover, he went on, university presi­ on loans to parents to 15 percent, a level college as the best hedge against downward dents today are different people-"manag­ more nearly approximating market rates. mobility. It is, at least, the only hedge we ers who deal in quantification, input, output They would also begin charging a fee of 4 or have. and analysis of data." 5 percent to recoup part of the interest that Only a rare child now inherits economic "I never used to use the term data," he the Federal Government forgoes while stu­ security, know-how, tools, from a parent. says wistfully. dents are in college and not yet repaying Most middle-class parents are bureaucrats To critics who charge that higher educa­ the loans. The House Labor and Education and managers, technocrats and profession­ tion neglects the elementary and high Committee also voted to eliminate loans to als. Our kids will not inherit a piece of land schools, Mr. Giamatti replies by pointing to families earning over $25,000, but now re­ or a set of tools, a business or a skill by the Yale-New Haven Teacher Institute, jects that idea. which they can make a living. All that we founded in 1972 and expanded at his urging can do is help them get the price of admis­ On that count alone, the Senate bill is sion, the college degree. in 1978. It brings together university profes­ vastly preferable. It still retains a $25,000 sors and local teachers as colleagues to income ceiling but would allow some needy But when a private college education for study and improve the schools. While not families to qualify for loans even if they one costs as much as $40,000, it is out of on a level with the late Mr. Conant's nation­ earn more than that. While the presump­ reach of all but the elite. wide school reform efforts, Mr. Giamatti tion would be against them, such families The student who could once work his or feels that universities today can make their could make a case for help if they had mul­ her way through college now finds jobs most useful contribution "to where we live." tiple tuition obligations or hefty medical scarce and the gap between paychecks and He said he had urged Education Secretary bills. tuition bills a chasm. The student from a T. H. Bell to use those severely-limited Fed­ One other provision belongs in the final family that earns $30,000 a year can barely eral funds to encourage local cooperation law. Since not every fainily is able or willing more afford college than the student from between colleges and schools because "edu­ to bear the entire tuition load, students not the family that earns $20,000 a year. cation is a continuous seamless web, or eligible for subsidized loans need some op­ Because of this reality, the student-loan ought to be." portunity to borrow for themselves at com­ program was extended to help all families. For the past three years, Mr. Giamatti mercial rates. A Government guarantee Under it, the government has paid interest has been clinging to his original game would give them access to the market that on these loans while students are in school. plan-to continue teaching. "I found in otherwise excludes them. Six months after graduation the students teaching a genuine sense of completion," he The impending cuts in student aid have take over their own debts. says. "You don't have that in the presiden­ prompted anguished protest to Capitol Hill, Those who oppose this program like to de­ cy." Now, he acknowledges reluctantly that some of them clearly overwrought. The scribe it as a handout to the rich. It has, in running a major university is no longer com­ families of college students are being fact, been abused by some truly unneedy patible with the idea of the teacher-presi­ squeezed by soaring tuitions. But taxpayers who have borrowed publicly from the gov­ dent. "I found last year that I was just generally are also pinched. The obligation ernment at low rates while investing pri­ going to class," he admits. of Congress should be to aim Federal subsi­ vately at high rates. Finally, the inevitable question: What is it dies as precisely as possible at needy stu­ Furthermore, the opponents complain like to follow Kingman Brewster, one of the dents. that it is frivolous in an era of hard choices last of the breed that relished the role of and painful cutbacks. The same congres­ controversial national spokesman, thus [From the Washington Post, June 23, 19811 sional panel, for example, that temporarily arousing admiration and anger in almost restored $250 million to the loan program equal measure. PATCHING, NOT SCRATCHING, STUDENT LoANS cut $150 million for child nutrition, $205 "I see myself in a system that is continu­ BosToN.-1 hear they are making this million for Head Start, and $130.5 million ous," Mr. Giamatti says. "I don't think budget the American way, rather like a for education of the handicapped. Brewster and I see the world in its essence patchwork quilt. One week the Congress There is undoubtedly a need to improve in different ways." cuts things out, and, the next week, it pieces the guidelines, to have some income ceiling He recalls the furiously-divided days of them back together again. and make changes in the repayment pro­ Cambodia and of the black Panthers, when This is, at least, what's happening to the gram. his predecessor, defying the example of student-loan program. Following the Stock­ But I don't think we have to accept the other colleges, refused to shut down the man pattern, the House Committee on Edu­ eitherI ors of this administration. I don't campus and "pull in behind a moat." It was, cation and Labor excised guaranteed loans agree that we can either afford college loans he says, "an act of great courage. You only for college students who came from families for the middle class or school lunches for stay free if you stay open." with incomes of $25,000 or more. The next the poor. Not while we go on a defense­ Kingman Brewster, Mr. Giamatti adds week, they began sewing the program into spending spree. with his slightly rumpled informality that place. This is not a giveaway program, but a loan exudes self-assurance, "had gifts for the Nobody knows yet whether the loans will to families, and an investment. In an era public policy side of things that aren't mine. be fixed permanently into the finished when both the economy and the technology Still, we come out of the same side of product, but we do know that this particular are changing, we need the educated people July 15, 1981 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 15975 we can get so cheaply. We also need to make eligible for federal grant monies-unless the CONSTITUENT RESPONSE TO sure middle-class families aren't cut off student is financially independent-and will MAILING OF NATIONAL REPUB­ from the future. They too need a place in be less so if President Reagan's proposal LICAN CONGRESSIONAL COM­ this vast and intricate patchwork. passes. Furthermore, if the student applies MITTEE for aid from his school, he will be one of the [From the Washington Post, June 7, 19811 last in line for aid-that is, if he is eligible A STUDENT CUT OUT BY THE BUDGET for any at all. The only alternative is a low­ HON. WILLIAM LEHMAN UNLIKE THE RICH, MY OWN RESOURCES CANNOT interest loan. OF FLORIDA MEET THE EXPENSE, AND, UNLIKE THE POOR, I Unfortunately, the Federally Insured Stu­ AM NOT ELIGIBLE FOR MOST FINANCIAL AID dent Loan Program is currently having a IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES problem with students who default on re­ Wednesday, July 15, 1981 If two of the budget cuts President payment. However, the answer is not to cut Reagan has recently proposed are passed, I the program or reduce the amount a stu­ •Mr. LEHMAN. Mr. Speaker, during will not be able to attend Georgetown Uni­ dent may borrow. Two alternatives to cut­ the past few weeks some of my con­ versity next year. The reason is this: the av­ ting this essential program are to require stituents in the 13th Congressional erage cost per year at Georgetown and most the parents to co-sign for the loan and to District have brought to ·my attention of the nation's private universities is make those low-interest loans available to $10,000. For the rich, this is not a problem; the parents to use for the student's tuition. the mailing they received from the Na­ their own resources can meet the expense. Again, if the Federally Insured Student tional Republican Congressional Com­ For the poor, it is an inconvenience because Loan Program were cut, the middle class mittee. It is ironic that some of the they must fill out many financial aid forms. would be the hardest hit. If the BEOG pro­ people who received this recent mail­ For the middle-class student like me, the gram were cut, some of the middle class and ing are themselves poor and in desper­ $10,000 yearly cost is a great problem be­ most of the students from lower-income ate need of Federal assistance. cause, unlike the rich, my own resources families would be affected. Both of these cannot meet the expense, and, unlike the In the words of one of my constitu­ programs have had a positive effect on mi­ ents: poor, I am not eligible for most financial nority and lower-income student enroll­ aid. ment; thus, a negative impact if they are re­ I receiveCdl this letter today. I don't know What, then, does a middle-class student duced. For example, in an article about stu­ what they think even with my raise .... I do? First of all, he works as many hours as dent financial aid, George Neill, columnist still don't have enough to eat ... they want he can during the school year and full-time us to go hungry. I am 78 years old, I during the summer. Second, he takes out a for Phi Delta Kappan, says, "between 1968 student loan. Third, he claims financial in­ and 1978 ... the percentage of blacks en­ workeCdl hard all my life. dependence from his parents so that me rolled in colleges and universities at the un­ When I read this plea from an elder­ might receive a government grant. And dergraduate level increased a phenomenal 300 percent. This increase can be attributed ly constituent, I was deeply moved. fourth, he hopes that some unexpected ex­ How can the National Republican pense doesn't arise. directly to a boost of $3.8 billion in federal Unfortunately, the unexpected expense appropriations for student aid between 1973 Congressional Committee, which that I had hoped wouldn't arise has. Presi­ and 1980. During the same period, guaran­ wants to cut Federal assistance pro­ dent Reagan wants to cut two programs, the teed student loans increased 400 percent­ grams, ask a "$15, $25, $50, or even Basic Educational Opportunity Grant Pro­ from $1.1 billion to $5.5 billion." $100 contribution," from a woman who gram and the Federally Insured Clearly, the previous two administrations cannot even afford to eat? Student Loan Program, both of which make recognized the need for increased student it possible for me to attend a reputable in­ aid. The Reagan administration, on the Another constituent, who has since stitution like Georgetown. If they are cut, other hand, in eliminating many of the un­ moved from my district, wrote: the Ivy League schools will cater to an in­ necessary government expenditures, has I received Cal request for donations from finitesimally small percentage of the popu­ chosen to decrease student financial aid. Cthel National Republican Congressional lation, the rich and the poor. However, of the $14.2 billion allotted for Committee. I read the proposals and find I The BEOG program awards, upon demon­ education in the 1980 budget, only 22 per­ will be unable to donate anything-instead stration of need $200 to $1,800 per school cent went to student loans and grants. The Cll may have to ask for State or County as­ year to college students. The federally in­ remaining 78 percent went to the states for sistance if these proposals go into effect. sured loans are obtained from the student's elementary and intermediate education. home state. These are low-interest loans, Moreover, the monies from the federal gov­ The message contained in this state­ around 7 percent, which the student isn't ment is all too clear. required to begin repaying until nine ernment for local education are further sup­ months after graduation. A student is enti­ plemented by the individual states. Thus, if The passage of the Reagan-endorsed tled to $2,500 during any single school year the state funds were combined with federal Gramm-Latta II amendment has and not more than $7,500 during total un­ funds, the college student actually receives meant a severe cutback in the services dergraduate study. less than 22 percent of the total funds allo­ that our poor and our elderly depend Here is where the problem begins. Presi­ cated for education. on. And yet, the National Republican dent Reagan has suggested that both pro­ In any case, if President Reagan's objec­ Congressional Committee is trying to grams be cut in terms of total dollars and tive is to cut the excess from the Education that the criteria upon which need is demon­ Department, he should look down avenues solicit funds from these people to help strated become more restrictive. For exam­ other than the one leading to student finan­ elect individuals who are in favor of ple, the BEOG program currently rewards cial aid. Tuition costs alone have risen all eliminating even more of their bene­ students whose family income is $25,000 or over the country as much as 15 percent, fits in the 98th Congress. less. This prerequisite is disputable in its which in the case of Georgetown University Maybe it is time for the Republicans present form. The government assumes that means an additional $750 for each student. a family with an income of $35,000 a year to listen to the people and to reevalu­ Today, most students have some type of ate what kind of action the people can afford to send even one child to a pri­ financial aid package-Le., loan, grant, work vate university at $10,000 a year. Now the study or scholarship. Thus, a reduction in really want. Before sending out addi­ president wants to reduce the cutoff mark funds or an increase of restrictions to obtain tional mailings the National Republi­ for aid to perhaps $20,000 a year. This restriction them on the Basic Educational Opportunity will exclude students from middle-income Grant Program or the Federally Insured see if the American people really have families entirely and a percentage of the Student Loan Program will exclude the the desire and if they are financially students from lower-income families as well. middle class from the nation's private uni­ able to "rush their maximum contri­ To date, the Federally Insured Student versities, and only a select group of students bution to the committee so they can Loan Program has been the saving grace for will be able to attend them-namely, the fund immediately the programs that the middle class. If a family that earns upper- and lower-income students. My fi­ will bring a Republican majority to $35,000 a year wants to send a child to a pri­ nancial aid officer spelled out the situation vate university at $10,000 a year, it must quite clearly: "You won't be able to afford the U.S. House of Representatives."• take out a loan and pay the balance. from its this school next year." And, indeed I won't, personal funds. The family currently isn't if these two essential programs are cut.e 15976 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS July 15, 1981 AMERICAN ECONOMIC AID floundering in a morass of waste, corruption ity Import Program set-aside for the private PROGRAM IN EGYPT, PART II and bureaucratic incompetence. sector. This set-aside encourages the revital­ With American blessings, President Sadat ization of Egyptian private enterprise. It has been trying to encourage a rebirth of also serves to reintroduce U.S. commodities HON. LEE H. HAMILTON private business, which all but died out to Egypt's private sector. As in the U.S., the OF INDIANA during the socialist fervor of Gamal Abdel private entrepreneur sells his product to IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Nasser's regime. AID has been pumping anyone able to buy. We do not intend to hundreds of millions of dollars into the pri­ control the Egyptian private sector or in­ Wednesday, July 15, 1981 vate sector. trude on commercial activities by designat­ e Mr. HAMILTON. Mr. Speaker, in "Only private businessmen can provide ing who can or cannot buy goods purchased May 1981, three Jack Anderson col­ the investment and jobs Egypt so desperate­ in the first instance with borrowed money. umns contained several criticisms of ly needs," explained one U.S. embassy offi­ POINTS OF CLARIFICATION the American economic aid program to cial, adding: "It also makes it harder to ttrrn the clock back to socialism." 3. Statement. Mr. Anderson states, "AID Egypt. I asked the Agency for Interna­ But Grant found that in practice, AID has been pouring hundreds of millions of tional Development to comment on programs seem to be doing little more than dollars into the private sector." these articles. making rich Egyptians richer. Many of the Comment. Through March 30, 1981, A.l.D. Attached below are the Anderson low-interest loans produced no new jobs, obligated $93.5 million for the private sector columns of May 19 and May 21, 1981, and most have gone to millionaires. under our Commodity Import Program and and AID's replies to them. The article For example, AID officials estimate that $32 million under our Development Indus­ about 70 percent of the $100 million a year trial Bank project. Of these amounts $16.2 of May 18, 1981, and AID's comments million under the Commodity Import Pro­ on it appeared in a previous CONGRES­ available for low-interest loans has gone to Egyptian importers. The agency explains gram and $15 million under the Develop­ SIONAL RECORD. that this helps the economy by making ment Industrial Bank have been disbursed, [From the Washington Post, May 19, 19811 hard-to-get items available for Egyptian a total of $76 million. In addition, $38 mil­ EGYPTIAN FATCATS FEAST ON AID LOANS businessmen. But, in fact, Grant found, the lion has been obligated for two activities , Alameda and Their loyalty and pocketbooks have do not violate the public trust. Contra Costa counties. produced fame and fortune for the I have introduced two bills, H.R. 823 "The impact of the Raiders • • • goes city of Oakland, the county of Alame­ and H.R. 2577, through which I intend beyond economics; the Raiders have a tre­ da, and the team, especially the team. to explore the rights of fans and the mendous positive psychological effect on When fans fail to turn out, they are responsibility of teams to their com­ their fans and youngsters in the area. We blamed for a team's financial demise, munities. also see them as role models and deterrents and there is no valid objection when I began the process recently by to crime. To lose $36 million in business would also the distressed team seeks to move to chairing a hearing in Oakland before mean the loss of many jobs; our figures greener pastures. But what of the fans the Ways and Means Subcommittee on show roughly 1,300 full and part-time work­ who turn out in great numbers and Select Revenue Measures. Following ers would lose income."-Lex J. Byers, presi­ keep the team rich? Do they get any are excerpts which illustrate the scope dent, Oak.land Chamber of Commerce. credit? Do they have any rights? of the testimony: · "It is time to realize that professional Those are some of the questions this I have played professional football for 12 sports teams are not mere business enter­ situation raises in my mind. I think years in the AFL-NFL; 7 of them were for prises subject to the passing whims of their the fans deserve more than a shrug the Oak.land Raiders. I have held season owners, but public trusts of the communi­ and smirk and a fading trail of jet tickets since 1967. I have seen this commu­ ties which fostered their development. fumes. I believe a successful team owes nity support the Raiders through seasons of "Congress on a periodic basis has had to a big responsibility to its fans and 1 and 13, through seasons of 13 and 1, and leave the sidelines and intercede on behalf through Super Bowl victories. The people of the sports fans of America."-Congress­ community. who have supported the players are certain­ man Robert T. Matsui CD-Sacramento), Besides fan support, professional ly a diversified group, but their love for the member of the Select Revenue Measures sports teams get a lot of special treat­ team is singular. Subcommittee, where the bill is being con­ ment from local and Federal Govern­ • • • if players can't pack up and move at sidered. ment in the form of tax breaks, anti­ will, how can owners, when the rules have ". . . the stadium in which the Raiders trust concessions, and stadiums built been defined?-Tom Keating, former Raider play was financed by the issuance of $26 with tax-free bonds guaranteed by the player. million in tax-free bonds. The stadium was "The Oak.land-Alameda county coliseum built primarily for the Raiders, yet they in­ local taxpayers. Such Government was built with but one thought in mind curred no financial obligation with respect generosity suggests an element of • • • the Oak.land Raiders."-Joseph P. to the retiring of those tax-free bonds public trust. Bort, Alameda county supervisor. which, by the way, continue as a $1.5 mil­ I am focusing congressional atten­ "During the past 20 years, the City has lion per year obligation to the city and tion on the current tug of war between been involved in a massive economic and county. July 15, 1981 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 15979 "The chance of Oakland obtaining a re­ That is hard slow work, and when the lob­ AN EDITORIAL DISCUSSION OF placement study which showed that 90 down at the town landing to see young Don ting credit for doing what comes naturally federal programs are indexed to the CPI. launch his new boat. Its worth about to them-lending a helping hand to a neigh­ These programs total an estimated $372 $18,000; a brand-new 22-foot Sisu lobster billion, or more than one half of the federal bor. budget. boat, and that's a lot of boat for a 15-year­ But that's the way it still is in many small old to call his own. This means, says the CBO, "that a signifi­ When they are done with the launching, fishing villages in Maine. And always has cant porticn of the budget is on automatic close to 300 people are expected to enjoy a been. pilot." celebration picnic at Donald's home. One Saturday on the high tide, young Donald This has raised strong doubts as to wheth­ way and another, a lot of these neighbors will be launching his new boat, which he is er it is possible to control federal spending had a hand in seeing this youngster succeed. calling Huk-e-lau. A couple of hundred without coming to grips with indexing. I went to look over the new boat and talk to neighbors will be there to wish him luck. "I Social Security payments, estimated in young Donnie about how it all happened. aim to pay back everybody inside two the current fiscal year at $140 billion, repre­ "I've been lobstering on my own since I years," Donnie, who will turn 16 three days sent by far the largest indexed category. A was 10," he told me. "And before that, since after the launching. 11.2 percent increase in the CPI will add $17 billion annually to Social Security outlays I was four or five, I used to go out hauling That's part of Maine for you.e with my father and my older brothers." starting this month. A year ago Donald was hauling 200 traps But other government retirement pro- 1 by hand from his skiff, 100 traps a day. grams and pensions are indexed directly to 15980 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS July 15, 1981 the CPI and some 60 non-entitlement pro­ ernment to rectify the situation. The workers, we can hardly expect them to grams are also linked directly or indirectly legislation I am introducing today be as motivated and committed to pro­ into it. would be the first, significant step ductivity as their parents. If our So what we have here is a process where­ toward reversing the trends of the last young families are denied their stake by half the federal budget jumps automati­ cally when a flawed economic measuring decade. By making it possible for mod­ in society, if they cannot own a home device flashes the signal. erate income families to accumulate with all the motivation to work and The taxpayers, most of whom do not have the downpayment needed to purchase improve that is associated with home­ their own incomes indexed, must thus pay their first homes, the bill would sig­ ownership, then we shall all be the more so that those who receive benefits nificantly increase the number of per­ losers in the long run, for our social from the indexed portion of the federal sons able to enter the home purchase fabric will be immeasurably weakened. budget can stay even or even get ahead of market. It is startling to realize that if most inflation. The bill would promote homeowner­ of us were to try to buy the homes we This system is intrinsically unfair and ship by allowing a deduction of up to should be stopped. live in today, we could not afford Several plans have been suggested: Tie the $2,500 per year for an individual and them. Just try to imagine the effect of indexing to either wages or prices, whichev­ up to $5,000 per year for a married paying today's price and today's mort­ er increased the least; limit adjustment to couple for funds placed in an individ­ gage interest rates on the home you less than 100 percent of the CPI; find a new ual housing account. The rules govern­ live in, and you'll get some idea of how index altogether. All of these ideas have ing such accounts are similar to those young families in America feel today. merit. applicable to individual retirement ac­ We must act to reopen homeowner­ Rather than working as a soothing oint­ counts, except that rather than pro­ ship opportunities, and we must act ment for the pains of inflation, indexing has viding for a person's retirement, funds now become part of the cause. Changes are before demographic trends swell the overdue.e accumulated in an individual housing numbers of housing disenfranchised account would be utilized in connec­ families to unmanageable proportions. tion with the purchase of a starter The crisis of homeownership afford­ INDIVIDUAL HOUSING ACCOUNT home by the person or couple for ability deserves our prompt attention, ACT OF 1981 whose benefit the account is estab­ and I hope my colleagues will serious­ lished. To assure that depositors who ly consider the provisions of the bill I HON. JOE MOAKLEY open individual housing accounts have introduce today as one method of OF MASSACHUSETTS mortgage credit available to purchase bringing homeownership within reach IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES their first homes, the bill requires that of our middle income young families.• a trustee of such accounts must be en­ Wednesday, July 15, 1981 gaged in the business of making home e Mr. MOAKLEY. Mr. Speaker, I am mortgage loans and must agree to CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE OP­ today introducing the Individual make a mortgage loan to an account POSES SALE OF AWACS TO Housing Account Act of 1981. This beneficiary on its usual terms when SAUDI ARABIA bill, if enacted, would provide many such person is ready to purchase a young families who have been priced home. HON. GEORGE MILLER out of the housing market with the This legislation is similar to a bill I OF CALIFORNIA opportunity to buy their own homes. introduced in the last Congress at the Over the last decade it has become recommendation of the Greater IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES increasingly difficult for even a moder­ Boston Real Estate Board, which con­ Wednesday, July 15, 1981 ately affluent young individual or ducted an extensive study of housing e Mr. MILLER of California. Mr. couple to enter the housing market. market conditions in Massachusetts. Speaker, the administration's proposal While home prices have been rising The bill also has much in common to sell five AW ACS to Saudi Arabia more rapidly than the general infla­ with several bills introduced in this continues to raise strong, sensible op­ tion rate, interest rates have also Congress to expand the availability position from a variety of people and soared to nearly three times their level and usefulness of individual retire­ organizations nationwide. I would like of 15 years ago. Indeed, the availabil­ ment accounts. Those bills would to bring to the attention of my col­ ity of home financing, even at high in­ permit withdrawals from a regular leagues a joint resolution recently terest rates, has been declining. And IRA account for the purpose of passed by the California Legislature mortgage lenders are being forced to making a downpayment on a starter requesting the President to withdraw demand higher downpayments today home, while my bill would permit the the proposed sale of AWACS to Saudi than they did only a few years ago. establishment of individual housing Arabia. I certainly hope that President Because of these developments, only accounts specifically for the purpose Reagan will respect the wishes of the a small percentage of young families of accumulating funds to be used in American people and reconsider his are able to purchase a starter home. connection with the purchase of a proposal. Homeownership, which was once con­ starter home. The text of the resolution follows: sidered an attainable goal for most Whether Congress authorizes indi- ASSEMBLY JOINT RESOLUTION No. 45 American families, is now only avail­ . vidual housing accounts, as my bill Assembly Joint Resolution No. 45-Rela­ able to a small percent of those young would do, or authorizes withdrawals tive to the sale of Airborne Warning and people who seek to buy homes. Fur­ from IRA's to provide the downpay­ Command System aircraft to Saudi Arabia. thermore, high mortgage interest ment for a starter home, is not impor­ LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST rates have depressed the rate of con­ tant. What is important is that we AJR 45, as amended, Levine. Sale of Air­ struction starts to their lowest level in begin to deal with the crisis in housing borne Warning and Command System air­ 5 years. And this low level of construc­ affordability soon. craft to Saudi Arabia. tion activity has hit the Nation just at No one should underestimate the This measure would memorialize the the time the postwar baby boom gen­ role that homeownership plays in sta­ President and Congress to reconsider, disap­ eration is reaching the home buying bilizing our society. The fact is our so­ prove, and withdraw the decision to sell to age. The confluence of these trends ciety is stable and strong because a Saudi Arabia Airborne Warning and Com­ could result in a severe housing short­ large majority of the American people mand System aircraft, aerial tankers, long range fuel and equipment pods, and sophis­ age by the middle of this decade and feel they have an economic stake. And ticated air-to-air missiles. for years thereafter. by far the most important asset owned Fiscal committee: no. While much has been said about the by most middle class families in the Whereas, It is in the best interests of the crisis in housing, there has been to United States. If the opportunity to United States of America to encourage date little action by the Federal Gov- own a home is denied to our young peaceful relations in the Middle East and to July 15, 1981 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 15981 assist in maintaining the strength and secu­ are empty-millions of fans are being President himself-openly put forward the rity of the State of Israel; and deprived of an important form of en­ proposal. Let's hear it now.e Whereas, The President has announced tertainment-those associated with that he will notify Congress of his decision to sell to Saudi Arabia Airborne Warning baseball-from vendors to parking lot CITIZEN INVOLVEMENT CRUCIAL and Command System aircraft ter success of our naval strategy as the recent testimony to the House Merchant community support for Pacific/Am~rican flashiest, most expensive surface com­ Marine and Fisheries Committee, expressed programs. I sent a staff member of mme to batant the view that he would not favor an in­ help out at that meeting and to give them · creased role for the merchant fleet in de­ guidance on ways they can more effectively REMARKS BY JAMES v. DAY, COMMISSIONER, fense matters but would favor control by deal with various federal agencies and the FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION the Department of Navy. Congress. To our distinguished congressional delega- Vice Admiral William Cowhill, the Deputy This is a good start towards developing a tion, honored guests, and my fellow mem­ Chief of Naval Operations for Logistics, tes­ well organized Pacific American advocacy bers, it is a great honor for me to be here tified that the U.S. merchant fleet's empha­ group here. I want to encourage this kind of today at the state convention. sis on containerships is "insufficient" to activity in every way. Just because the new Within the confines of the state is one of meet most military contingencies. Administration has decided to crack down the finest institutions of higher learning in Whatever your point of view may be as to on minority spending, there is certainly no the maritime field. I am speaking, or course, how to assure that sufficient vessels are reason to sit back and let this happen. You of the Maine Maritime Academy. The per­ available in a time of emergency, the goal is can have an effect in Washington but you formance of this school over the years has the same. must make your views known-loudly and contributed significantly to the high degree Vice Admiral Cowhill's testimony regard­ clearly-if you are to have any role in shap- of professionalism in the operations of the ing the inadequacy of containerships for ing future policy. American Merchant Marine. military support purposes raises an interest­ I hope that every one of you here tonight These professionals in our Merchant ing question. Quite clearly, containerships will learn how you can effectively react to Marine play an important role in two dis­ are considered to be essential to successful your local government. Learn who your tinct spheres of our national interest. The commercial operations. In the past, it was elected leaders are and write them. This ap- first, of course, is service to our national always assumed that ships designed for proach will also be very helpful to me in commerce. This role is generally viewed as commerical use would be adequate for mili­ Washington. I depend on the support of my the primary function of our Merchant tary support. Containership technology has congressional colleagues to pass legislation Marine. The second function is service to called this assumption into question among for Guam. It would be most helpful if my our national defense. In this respect, our military strategists, including Admiral Cow­ colleagues in this area received letters from Merchant Marine serves as a ready reserve. hill. The consensus in the Defense Depart­ you-their constituents-asking them to It is the relationship between these func­ ment seems to be that more high speed, roll­ support programs for Guam or for Pacific/ tions that I would like to briefly discuss on roll-off vessels are necessary to serve Americans here. They want your vote and with you today. military needs. Such vessels do not depend believe me, you will get action if you write As most of you know, it was President Ei- upon well developed, undamaged port facili­ in unison. senhower who coined the description of the ties for off-loading operations. But commer- July 15, 1981 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 15983 cial interests have found that for efficiency all their possessions and are depend­ part 1). However, there are significant and economy, slower speed, crane loaded ent, to a large part, on packages sent differences which are further ex­ containerships are best suited for capacity by family and friends. Their only hope plained in the detailed description and bunker fuel conservation. As you know, today bunker fuel costs represent the major now is a favorable decision by the which I intoduced at the time of percentage of vessel operating costs. Soviet of icials on their application. debate, and which are further ex­ Should it turn out that the configuration Perhaps one of the most tragic cases plained below. Subtitle A of the Winn of vessels for commercial use is incompati­ I have seen involves a constituent in substitute contains only those items ble with military use, then the time has my district. Mrs. Ida Slobodskoy is an within the sole jurisdiction of the Sci­ come to thoroughly analyze the problem. elderly emigrant from the U.S.S.R. ence Committee. Subtitle B of the Clearly, we need better integration of who is in very poor health. Because of Winn substitute contains items which military and merchant marine planning. It her deteriorating health and lack of is not enough to promote the development are shared between the Energy and of a merchant marine for commercial and family in the United States she has Commerce Committee, the Interior military support purposes without regard to been seeking for the past 3 years to Committee, and the Science Commit­ whether vessel development is serving or secure the release of her daughter, tee. can serve the needs of both. In this regard, Lidia Serova, and her family from the I would also like to note that the we may want to observe what the Soviet U .S.S.R. The Serova family has re­ Winn substitute includes the commit­ Union has done. Its merchant fleet is a true peatedly sought exit visas, including tee views adopted concerning the naval auxiliary. Its commercial operations an application this month. Unfortu­ Three Mile Island activities. The com­ are coordinated with' naval operations and nately, their pleas have been met by vessel types are planned to fulfill military as mittee said: well as commercial needs. We should be pre­ Soviet silence. The hardships facing The committee has directed that none of pared to do whatever is necessary in order the Serova and Slobodskoy family_are the funds authorized for research and devel­ to insure adequate preparedness. obvious and any government with an opment activities under this Act may be Truly, the U.S. merchant marine plays a ounce of compassion would act to end used for releasing any radioactively con­ significant role in our national defense this separation. taminated water from Three Mile Island nu­ policy. In World War II it made the greatest Mr. Speaker, in reviewing these clear station reactor No. 2 into the Susque­ sacrifices, proportionately, of any service. three cases, it has become apparent hanna River or its watershed. We have good reason to be proud of its that our efforts must continue. The achievements in military support. I believe This language is repeated here, in we can continue to have pride in our mer­ prisoners of conscience must continue order to emphasize the fact that this chant marine, but we must be prepared to to utilize every possible vehicle to seek prohibition continues to apply against do whatever is necessary to assure its viabil­ a visa and we must speak out in sup­ any funds appropriated pursuant to ity as the fourth arm of defense.e port of their efforts and in opposition the authorizations contained in the to Soviet disregard of the Helsinki Winn substitute. agreement.e CALL TO CONSCIENCE Following my introductory remarks, here is the detailed explanation of the HON. BRUCE F. VENTO DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF Winn substitute, with additional ex­ WINN SUBSTITUTE TITLE XII planations to answer certain questions OF MINNESOTA OF GRAMM-LATTA II we have received concerning the con­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES tents of that legislation. It in no way Wednesday, July 15, 1981 HON. LARRY WINN, JR. changes or modifies the Winn substi­ •Mr. VENTO. Mr. Speaker, I would tute which was discussed in the House OF KANSAS on June 25 and 26, 1981. For further like to speak today regarding the con­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES tinuing Soviet indifference to the reference, interested persons should human rights provisions of the Helsin­ Wednesday, July 15, 1981 consult the statement I made on June ki agreement. Example after example •Mr. WINN. Mr. Speaker, since the 25, 1981, in the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD exists of Soviet indifference to individ­ vote the other day by the House of at page H3570 and the statement I ual and family requests for exit visas Representatives to accept the Gramm­ made in the RECORD on June 26, 1981, and official harassment of those who Latta II reconciliation package, includ­ at page H3895. The tables contained do seek, for whatever reason, to leave ing the Winn substitute for title XII, on page H3570 should be helpful in the U.S.S.R. we have answered many inquiries con­ answering questions. Interested per­ During the 96th and the current cerning the exact levels of funding for sons should also refer to the figures Congress, we have learned about many various programs, and the intent of appearing in the column labeled incidents of Soviet abuse of individual various portions of the amendment. At "Winn substitute" appearing on pages rights. Today, I would like to offer sev­ this time, I would like to insert into H3859-H3863 of the CONGRESSIONAL eral further examples. the RECORD a more detailed descrip­ RECORD for June 26, 1981. However, Emanuel Smeliansky is a 44-year­ tion of what is contained in the Winn there is one error: On page H3863, for old metallurgical engineer. When his substitute. the subprogram "Risk Analysis," the family first applied for visas in 1970, To reiterate, the Winn substitute number should read "4,000". In addi­ both Emanuel and his wife, Alla, lost was originally the budget allocations tion, one other mathematical error ap­ their jobs. Since then, they have expe­ agreed upon by both the majority pears in the statement I inserted at rienced further harassment from leadership and the minority leader­ the time of debate, concerning the Soviet officials. However, despite this ship of the Science Committee, which funding for the entire liquid metal abuse, the Smeliansky's have contin­ was then introduced at the beginning fast breeder reactor program; the ued in their efforts to secure visas. of the full committee markup of the funding should be "$533.286 million", The Maryasin family is another ex­ DOE authorization bills. It contains rather than the figure which appears ample of Soviet disregard for the Hel­ all actions of the committee up to the there. The funding for the Clinch sinki agreement. Prior to 1972, Alexan­ point that the amendment to termi­ River breeder reactor . The partial authorization of This includes $288.4 million in operat­ This is broken down with $33.9 million this worthy project in fiscal year 1982 in space and terrestrial applications, ing expenses for high-energy physics, is based solely on overall budgetary $99.1 million in operating expenses for and $1.2 million in program direction. constraints and it is expected that the The capital authorization for space nuclear physics, $48.3 million in oper­ project will be included in the adminis­ ating expenses for life sciences and nu­ and terrestrial applications is $2.9 mil­ tration's proposed fiscal year 1983 lion. The total authorization for ad­ clear medicine, and $1.36 million in budget at a level commensurate with program direction. The total for oper­ vanced nuclear systems, then, is $38.0 the original construction schedule. million. ating expenses would then be $437.16 For basic energy research, the break­ million for general science and re­ Under breeder reactor systems, the down is as follows: Basic energy sci­ operating expenses for the liquid search; in capital equipment, high­ ences operating expenses, $248.5 mil­ energy physics is $41. 7 million, nuclear lion; technology assessment, $3 mil­ metal fast breeder reactor is author­ physics at $10.5 million, and life sci­ lion; university research support, $10.6 ized at $533.29 million. This authoriza­ ences and nuclear medicine at $2.2 mil­ million; advisory and oversight, $3.311 tion includes $230 million for the lion. There is no capital equipment au­ million, with a total for operating ex­ Clinch River Breeder Reactor, and $15 thorization under program direction, penses of $265.411 million. There is an million for the large development so the total for general science and re­ authorization for capital equipment plant, giving a subtotal for these search capital equipment is $54.4 mil­ under basic energy sciences of $16.9 projects of $245 million. This also in­ lion. For construction, there is $50.l million. This gives a total authoriza­ cludes the breeder technology which, million for high-energy physics, and tion for basic energy research of as in the committee report, is de­ $11.3 million for nuclear physics, $309.911 million. creased from the request level by $8 million for a total authorization of giving a total in construction for gen­ NUCLEAR FISSION eral science and research of $61.4 mil­ $133.8 million. The authorization for Under nuclear fission, the total oper­ the test facilities is $154.486 million lion. ating expenses authorization for con­ In more detail, the decrease in oper­ which represents a decrease of $1.414 ventional reactor systems is $76.8 mil­ million from the President's requested ating expenses below the amount au­ lion. This is broken down into $33.0 thorized in H.R. 3146, under high­ million for the high temperature gas level. The authorization for the water­ energy physics of $2 million is in the reactor, $14.75 million for the light cooled breeder is $31 million, and high-energy physics technology activi­ water reactors, $24.75 million for breeder program direction is $10.574 ty. This reduction is intended to slow Three Mile Island, $2.8 million for ad­ million, giving a subtotal of operating or delay the lower priority accelerator vanced reactor systems, and $1.5 mil­ expenses for breeder reactor systems experimental facility research and de­ lion for program direction. The total of $57 4.86 million. The authorization velopment. capital equipment authorization for for the other areas of breeder reactor The general plant projects were re­ conventional reactor systems would be systems is consistent with the lan­ duced below the amount authorized in $9.2 million. This is broken down into guage in the committee report. The H.R. 3146, under high-energy physics $2 million for the high temperature one significant difference is that the by $1 million from the President's re­ gas reactor, $1 million for the light Clinch River Breeder Reactor plant is quest. Likewise, the accelerator im­ water reactor, $6 million for Three authorized to continue at $24 million provement modifications were reduced less than the President's requested Mile Island, and $0.2 million for ad­ level. by $1 million which in effect would vanced reactor systems. Since there is defer lower priority projects. The no money for construction in conven­ Under fuel cycle R. & D., the total fiscal year 1982 authorization for Proj­ tional reactor systems, the total au­ operating expense is authorized at $36 ect 78-10-B words "World Champion Tommy Hearns." ing regrets for years without purpose. Thomas Hearns, the Detroit "Hit Man" Immediately, the taunting began. In this day of selfishness, he was un­ scheduled to meet in a "What you got to say about Sugar Ray?" championship bout this fall, came into his the inmates yelled. selfish. In this day of greed, he was so "Me, I like the champ. I'm not preju­ giving. In this day of divisions, he la­ opponent's backyard yesterday seeking to establish his own identity and charm the diced," one inmate told another speaking of bored for unity. In this day of reborn nation's capital. Hearns. hatreds, he was for undying love. At a luncheon held at the Rayburn Build­ "I think Joe Sweat will take him," his My sympathy is extended to my ing by Rep. John Conyers Jr.