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E PL UR UM IB N U U S Congressional Record United States of America PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES OF THE 106th CONGRESS, SECOND SESSION Vol. 146 WASHINGTON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2000 No. 123 Senate (Legislative day of Friday, September 22, 2000) MORNING BUSINESS of Arts in Business Administration the South,'' and selected as ``SBA Dis- (Continued) from the University of Southern Mis- trict Employee of the Year.'' f sissippi (USM), and later completed ad- In addition to personal accolades and ditional graduate studies in business at longstanding official service, Charlie RETIREMENT OF CHARLES A. the USM-Gulf Park Campus. generously has given of his time in GILLIS Prior to serving with the SBA, Char- many ways to improve his community. Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, I would lie was a small business entrepreneur He served as President of the Univer- like to acknowledge the upcoming re- in his own right, as owner and operator sity of Southern Mississippi's Alumni tirement of Mr. Charles A. Gillis, who of Gillis Furniture in Gulfport. More- Association, as Chairman of the Har- will retire on October 20, 2000, as over, Charlie served as a furniture rison County Election Commission, and Branch Manager of the Gulfport manufacturers representative with reg- as Vice President of Governmental Af- Branch Office, United States Small ular travel assignments covering five fairs for the Gulfport Area Chamber of Business Administration (SBA). I know states. Throughout his private sector Commerce. Moreover, Charlie is an as- that I am joined by the entire business career, Charlie honed the business sociate member of Delta Sigma Pi Fra- community of South Mississippi, Char- skills that later made him such an in- ternity, and serves as a Mason, a lie's colleagues at the SBA, and all valuable public sector resource to Shriner, Rotarian, and a charter mem- those who have had the privilege of other small business owners and opera- ber of Trinity United Methodist Church interacting with him over the years. tors. in Gulfport. I especially want to thank Charlie for Charlie began his tenure of service Charlie's constant professionalism a long career of completely devoted with the SBA in July 1982, and has and vast knowledge will be greatly service to his community, the State of faithfully served the agency ever since. missed by the Small Business Adminis- Mississippi, and this Nation. I have His service in the SBA's Gulfport tration, the South Mississippi business known Charlie for many years and Branch Office is especially important community and officials at every level have seen firsthand the substantial im- to me since the branch office was cre- of government, who have had the dis- pact his extensive knowledge and busi- ated after Hurricane Camille dev- tinct pleasure and benefit of his in- ness expertise have had on countless astated the Mississippi Gulf Coast and sight. Whenever called, Charlie always small businesses and the local economy its economy in 1969, and during my responds in a timely and effective man- of Southern Mississippi. service as Administrative Assistant to ner with eagerness, efficiency and cour- Charles Gillis' ties to the Gulf Coast then Congressman William Colmer. tesy. Although I know he will miss run deep, as does his record of service Charlie has been recognized for his daily interactions with his co-workers and achievement. He is a life-long resi- continuous dedication to duty and his and colleagues, I also know that Char- dent of Harrison County and a grad- tireless community spirit. Over the lie, his wife Rose, and their family, will uate of Gulfport High School. Charlie years, he has been chosen as one of the have many opportunities to focus their served in the First Cavalry Division in ``Outstanding Men in America,'' recog- abundance of energy and exemplary Korea in 1951. He received his Bachelor nized as among the ``Personalities of community spirit. N O T I C E Effective January 1, 2001, the subscription price of the Congressional Record will be $393 per year or $197 for six months. Individual issues may be purchased for $4.00 per copy. The cost for the microfiche edition will remain $141 per year with single copies remaining $1.50 per issue. This price increase is necessary based upon the cost of printing and distribution. Michael F. DiMario, Public Printer ∑ This ``bullet'' symbol identifies statements or insertions which are not spoken by a Member of the Senate on the floor. S9933 . VerDate 02-OCT-2000 23:03 Oct 06, 2000 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 8633 E:\CR\FM\G05OC6.047 pfrm02 PsN: S05PT2 S9934 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD Ð SENATE October 5, 2000 THE ACID DEPOSITION AND OZONE of acid deposition, and our under- of the approach is proven. The science CONTROL ACT OF 1999 AND EPA'S standing of the subject has since devel- indicates that we did not go far ANALYSIS OF S. 172 oped substantially. enough. The Acid Deposition and Ozone Mr. MOYNIHAN. Mr. President, I rise In 1990, I helped write Title IV of Control Act endeavors to build upon today to express concern and dismay Clean Air Act Amendments, which es- our accomplishments, and to begin the over the unwarranted delay of a crit- tablished a ``Sulfur Dioxide Allowance work which remains to be done. ical analysis of S. 172, the Acid Deposi- Program.'' Its creation represented a Mr. President, I ask unanimous con- tion and Ozone Control Act. This anal- radical departure from the traditional sent that my remarks and two recent ysis thoroughly documents the sub- ``command and control'' approach to articles on this issue be printed in the stantial benefits to be achieved, at environmental regulation, common at RECORD. comparatively insignificant costs, by the time. This program was the first There being no objection, the mate- passing S. 172. Unfortunately, we have national, statutorily-mandated, mar- rial was ordered to be printed in the received this information only after it ket-based approach to pollution con- RECORD, as follows: is too late to coordinate the bill's pas- trol. It has been immensely successful. [From the Poughkeepsie Journal, Sept. 20, sage this year. We can be proud of these accomplish- 2000] I first asked the Environmental Pro- ments, but we have a long way to go RELEASE STUDY ON ACID RAIN tection Agency (EPA) to analyze the yet. Since 1990 we have learned, for in- Why is the government withholding docu- impacts of S. 172 in 1998. Specifically, stance, that the sulfur dioxide (SO2) ments that could shed light on how best to EPA was asked to calculate the costs emissions reductions required under deal with the ravages of acid rain? and benefits of the legislation with re- the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 Remarkably, that's the case now involving gard to effects on human health, envi- are insufficient to prevent continued a federal Office of Management and Budget damage to human health and sensitive report. The report likely shows a remedy put ronment and the business community. forth by Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan EPA completed the report in March, ecosystems. NAPAP has reported that won't be too financially onerous on the util- 2000 and submitted it to the Office of forests, streams, and rivers in the ity industry, a leading cause of acid rain, ac- Management and Budget (OMB) for Front Range of Colorado, the Great cording to the Adirondack Council. But it their review. Unfortunately, OMB Smoky Mountains of Tennessee, the would better protect the environment, the withheld the analysis for six months San Gabriel and San Bernardino Moun- environmental group states. despite the fact that co-sponsors in tains of California are also now show- Acid rain occurs, in part, when polluting both the House and Senate requested ing the effects of acidification and ni- emissions from utility plants are carried in trogen saturation. We have learned the wind hundreds of miles from their origin, the report's release in letters to Direc- often causing smog. They also can mix with tor Jacob Lew. We have EPA's report that nitrogen oxides (NOX), which we water vapor, falling as the acid rain that today because Representative DAN largely ignored nine years ago, are sig- kills lakes and aquatic life in the Adiron- BURTON, Chairman of the House Com- nificant contributors to our nation's dack and Catskill regions and elsewhere. mittee on Government Reform, was air quality deficiencies. And finally, we Council officials express concern the White willing to subpoena the report. I am have demonstrated that legislation House is putting the lid on the OMB study disappointed that this course of events containing regulatory flexibility and because it could show just how ineffective had to occur. market incentives is highly effective. government efforts to curb acid rain have Nonetheless, I am quite pleased with S. 172, which I first introduced with been. It also might demonstrate why more environmental regulations must be imposed the results of EPA's analysis. Not only Senator D'Amato in 1997, seeks to build on Midwestern utilities in particular, some- would S. 172 significantly improve visi- upon this new body of knowledge, com- thing that won't play well in those states bility and the state of ecosystems sen- bining the best and most current sci- right before the national presidential elec- sitive to acid rain and nitrogen load- entific evaluation of our environ- tion. ing, but it would produce approxi- mental needs with the most effective ``OMB is stonewalling while Adirondack mately $60 billion in public health ben- and efficient regulatory framework. lakes continue to die,'' said Timothy Burke, efits annually and save 10,000 lives each Today, S.