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Congressional Record United States of America PROCEEDINGS and DEBATES of the 105Th CONGRESS, SECOND SESSION E PL UR UM IB N U U S Congressional Record United States of America PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES OF THE 105th CONGRESS, SECOND SESSION Vol. 144 WASHINGTON, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1998 No. 143 Senate The Senate was not in session today. Its next meeting will be held on Monday, October 12, 1998, at 2 p.m. House of Representatives SUNDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1998 The House met at 2 p.m. and was DESIGNATION OF THE SPEAKER WASHINGTON, DC, called to order by the Speaker pro tem- PRO TEMPORE October 11, 1998. pore (Mr. BRADY of Texas). The SPEAKER pro tempore laid be- I hereby designate the Honorable KEVIN BRADY to act as Speaker pro tempore on this fore the House the following commu- day. nication from the Speaker: NEWT GINGRICH, Speaker of the House of Representatives. N O T I C E If the 105th Congress adjourns sine die on or before October 12, 1998, a final issue of the Congressional Record for the 105th Congress will be published on October 28, 1998, in order to permit Members to revise and extend their remarks. All material for insertion must be signed by the Member and delivered to the respective offices of the Official Reporters of Debates (Room HT±60 or ST±41 of the Capitol), Monday through Friday, between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. through October 27. The final issue will be dated October 28, 1998, and will be delivered on Thursday, October 29. If the 105th Congress does not adjourn until a later date in 1998, the final issue will be printed at a date to be an- nounced. None of the material printed in the final issue of the Congressional Record may contain subject matter, or relate to any event that occurred after the sine die date. Senators' statements should also be submitted electronically, either on a disk to accompany the signed statement, or by e-mail to the Official Reporters of Debates at ``Records@Reporters''. Members of the House of Representatives' statements may also be submitted electronically on a disk to accompany the signed statement and delivered to the Official Reporter's office in room HT±60. Members of Congress desiring to purchase reprints of material submitted for inclusion in the Congressional Record may do so by contacting the Congressional Printing Management Division, at the Government Printing Office, on 512±0224, be- tween the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. daily. By order of the Joint Committee on Printing. JOHN W. WARNER, Chairman. N O T I C E Effective January 1, 1999, the subscription price of the Congressional Record will be $325 per year, or $165 for 6 months. Individual issues may be purchased for $2.75 per copy. The cost for the microfiche edition will remain $141 per year; single copies will remain $1.50 per issue. This price increase is necessary based upon the cost of printing and distribu- tion. MICHAEL F. DiMARIO, Public Printer. b This symbol represents the time of day during the House proceedings, e.g., b 1407 is 2:07 p.m. Matter set in this typeface indicates words inserted or appended, rather than spoken, by a Member of the House on the floor. H10515 . H10516 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD Ð HOUSE October 11, 1998 PRAYER Our government should reflect rather lower taxes. The party of bigger gov- The Chaplain, Rev. James David than undermine the values that have ernment and higher taxes is threaten- Ford, D.D., offered the following pray- made America great, faith, family, per- ing to shut down the government if the er: sonal freedom and responsibility. By party of less government and lower protecting and strengthening a Repub- taxes stands firm against creating Let us pray using the words of the lican government and citizen account- more big government, more Federal Psalms. Praise the Lord. ability, the Republican Party will con- bureaucracy in Washington, D.C., more Praise the name of the Lord, give tinue to deliver on its promises that spending on Federal programs. praise, O servants of the Lord, made these goals a reality for all Well, I got some news for the Presi- you that stand in the house of the America. dent and the party of bigger govern- Lord, in the courts of the house f ment and higher taxes. My constitu- of the Lord! ents did not send me here to do exactly Praise the Lord, for the Lord is good; ON CONGRESSIONAL ACTIVITY the opposite of what I have promised I sing to his name, for he is gra- (Mr. GEJDENSON asked and was would do. They sent me here to reduce cious! given permission to address the House the size of government, not expand it. O give thanks to the Lord, for he is for 1 minute and to revise and extend They sent me here to cut the size of good, for his steadfast love en- his remarks.) Federal bureaucracy, not make it big- dures forever. Mr. GEJDENSON. Mr. Speaker, I can ger. They sent me here to give local O give thanks to the God of all gods, hardly believe what I have just heard. schools more say over how they run for his steadfast love endures for- The Republican Party, which has used their affairs, not less. They sent me ever. its majority in Congress to deny people here to make sure that the government O give thanks to the Lord of lords, for access to education, to deny them ac- lives within its means, not find new his steadfast love endures for- cess to health care, refuses to take any ways for government to get around its ever. Amen. steps to deal with HMO reform or the budget agreements. Regardless of the f seniors, a quarter of a million of which excuse the Democrat agenda is always THE JOURNAL have lost their health insurance, comes the same, more spending and more gov- here and claims they are doing a good ernment. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The f Chair has examined the Journal of the job. last day's proceedings and announces Harry Truman could not find a rating DEMOCRATS OFFER EDUCATION to the House his approval thereof. low enough for this Congress. We INITIATIVES should not leave here until we deal Pursuant to clause 1, rule I, the Jour- (Mr. PALLONE asked and was given with the education issues, until we deal nal stands approved. permission to address the House for 1 with the health care issues. You had f minute.) time to try to give big tobacco a $50 Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Speaker, I had PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE billion tax cut. We ought to spend a the opportunity last night to go back few hours in these last days to make The SPEAKER pro tempore. Will the to my district in New Jersey and I ex- sure that senior citizens do not have to gentleman from Texas (Mr. SANDLIN) plained to my constituents that I saw be frightened every day about whether come forward and lead the House in the at a function last evening how this do- or not their HMO is going to drop Pledge of Allegiance. nothing Congress was looking to ad- them. The gentlemen on that side of Mr. SANDLIN led the Pledge of Alle- journ and go home as quickly as pos- the aisle get the same kind of constitu- giance as follows: sible because the Republican leadership ents as I do. They look to us for help. I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the refused to address education initia- I do not know what answer you are United States of America, and to the Repub- tives, refused to address the need for lic for which it stands, one nation under God, going to give them. This new freedom HMO reform and was talking about a indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. that is out there in the health care sys- tax break for the wealthy at the ex- f tem means doctors and hospitals and pense of Social Security. We need to patients have no rights. We have got to GOALS FOR A GENERATION save Social Security for future genera- change that. The country is going to tions. But I was told by my constitu- (Mr. GIBBONS asked and was given judge us on that. I hope everybody ents that the one thing that was the permission to address the House for 1 watching at home calls their Congress- most important, that they did not minute and to revise and extend his re- man and tells them they want the edu- want to see this Congress adjourn until marks.) cation package and they want HMO re- Mr. GIBBONS. Mr. Speaker, goals for we addressed it, was education, and the form. It is the only way to move this a generation is the future of America Democrats have two initiatives. One is group, to let them know that the and it is the responsibility not just of to hire 100,000 teachers, new teachers American people are angry and frus- the Republican Party but this Congress across the country with Federal dollars trated, and now is the time to act. as a whole, for it alone will build the that would reduce the size of the class- bridge to the 21st century. f room, and the second one was to try to So far adhering to these goals has ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER provide some funding to help local brought us, the American people, a bal- PRO TEMPORE school districts to modernize their anced budget, tax cuts, a Patient Pro- schools, to either build new schools or tection Act, education reform that The SPEAKER pro tempore.
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