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AS c..~l ULT WEAPONS BAN REPEAL remarkable essay applauding a President who popular. Truman decided to use the atomic had to make a necessary, but unpopular deci­ bomb against Japan. He believed that this HON. JOHN CONYERS, JR. sion, such as the decision made by President would end the war quickly and save lives. He Lincoln to issue the Emancipation Proclama­ thought that it would put the United States OF MICHIGAN in a position to help revolutionize Japanese IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES tion. Other winning entries included Truman's life. When people look back at the situation decision to fire MacArthur, his decision to drop now there seems to have been other ways to Thursday, March 21,1996 the atomic bomb on Japan, Ford's pardoning end the war, such as negotiated settlements, Mr. CONYERS. Mr. Speaker, an UZI is one of Nixon, and Roosevelt's introduction of the but these options were not as obvious back of the assault weapons considered a weapon New Deal. Each of these controversial deci­ then. Truman made the decision he thought of choice for drug traffickers, street gangs, and sions was, in retrospect, in the best interests that would be the best decision. paramilitary extremist groups. The NRA and of the American people despite being initially Presidents of the past, the present and the future have and will make choices that will the Republican majority want to make this and met with uncertainty and opposition. be unpopular but necessary. I believe that of other cop-killing guns readily available. To do The leaders of our time are met with the the choices of the past have made the United that, they will have to repeal the assault weap­ same difficult decisions, and we must continue States the great country that we are privi­ ons ban-a ban that over 70 percent of the to act in the best interest of the American peo­ leged to live in today. American public favors because it makes the ple. One of the most important decisions that streets safer for our children. faces us today concerns education. However, FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT UZI's have no purpose other than to kill the decision to cultivate the education of our Franklin D. Roosevelt was the 32nd Presi­ people. They are not hunting weapons, they children should not be met with controversy or dent of the United States of America. As are not used for target practice, they are just skepticism. As a former teacher and the father President, he had to make a lot of decisions. Some of them were popular and some were used to kill people. of five, I believe the highest priority for our not. A very unpopular decision at the time An UZI pistol was used on May 16, 1993, school system is teaching our students about was his New Deal. The New Deal was to have when a man who had been kicked out of a the rich history of America. Learning about the unemployment insurance, retirement pro­ rural Fresno, CA, bar returned the next day history of the United States, including the mis­ grams, wage and hour laws, housing for the with a friend and opened fire, killing seven takes of our Forefathers and their great tri­ poor, and jobs for the needy all as the re­ people and wounding two others. This was the umphs, is the key to good citizenship and in­ sponsibility of the Federal Government. It is worst massacre in Fresno's history. volvement in Government. George Santayana important to remember that this was the An UZI semiautomatic rifle was one of the once said that "those who do not remember 1930's when nothing like this existed. How­ ever, many people didn't like this decision guns used by James Oliver Huberty, an out­ the past are condemned to repeat it." By un­ because it was very new and they didn't of-work security guard, when he walked into a derstanding the actions and events of our an­ trust it. They also thought that the govern­ San Ysidro, CA, McDonald's and killed 21 cestors, we can create a better future. ment was trying to interfere with their lives. people. I hope that all of the entrants of the Employers didn't like the minimum wage If we want to avoid more massacres like Phoenixville Area Chamber of Commerce and hours because they had less power over these, we need to maintain the assault weap­ President's Day Contest, not just the students their workers. Although the New Deal was ons ban. recognized here, will gain a new appreciation unpopular at the time, people started getting It is America's children, not the National for the importance of our history. Perhaps used to it and began to accept it. It is now some insight gained through their research will all a very necessary part of the American Rifle Association that this Congress should be way of life. I think that in a way this deci­ protecting. But tomorrow, when many of my influence some of these students to become sion was good because it shows how our gov­ colleagues vote to repeal the assault weapons involved in their government. ernment is for the people. ban, they will be voting to give violent crimi­ Mr. Speaker, I commend these students for nals everywhere greater access to deadly their achievement and I know that my col­ GERALD R. FORD weapons that can be used to murder our chil­ leagues join me in honoring the success of Gerald Ford, our 38th president, was the dren, our parents, our brothers and sisters, these outstanding students. I would like to only president elected neither to the presi­ and our friends. thank the Phoenixville Area Chamber of Com­ dency nor to the vice presidency. He at­ The Republican party is always claiming merce for offering this opportunity to the stu­ tempted during his term to restore the na­ that it stands on principle. Now it can stand on dents of Phoenixville, and I would also like to tion's confidence in a government tarnished by the Watergate scandal. the principle of more dead children. thank The Phoenix for printing the winning es­ Ford became vice president when Richard says and for promoting the contest. Nixon's vice president Spiro T. Agnew re­ HARRY S. TRUMAN signed. Nine months later, on August 9, 1974, WINNERS OF THE PHOENIXVTI....LE Harry S. Truman, our thirty-third presi­ President Nixon resigned as president under AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE dent, was born on May 8, 1884 in Lamar, Mis­ threat of impeachment, and Gerald Ford was PRESIDENT'S DAY ESSAY CON­ souri. He was a member of the democratic sworn in as our president. TEST party and was in office from 1945 to 1953. Tru­ One of his first and most debatable acts man worked his way up in politics from was to pardon Nixon for all federal crimes he judge to senator to vice president and finally might have committed in office. This made HON. CURT WELDON to president of the United States. When Roo­ him extremely unpopular. I think this was a OF PENNSYLVANIA sevelt died on April 12, 1945 Truman became necessary decision, because, we couldn't let IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES president. He had a difficult task of learning this drag on and on, like the O.J. Simpson to be effective in his office because Roosevelt trial. This country had a high inflation rate Thursday, March 21, 1996 had made no effort to train him for his fu­ and the highest unemployment rate since Mr. WELDON of Pennsylvania. Mr. Speaker, ture responsibilities. He learned simply by the depression. These were more important I rise today to pay tribute to Michelle Lin Byrd, dealing with the problem that faced him. problems to solve than Watergate. It was Rosalind Newsholme, John Davison, Jenni Truman tried to carry out the politics that time for the nation to start healing and get Kirkhoff, and David Rourke, the winners of the Roosevelt had begun to establish. This in­ on with the important issues facing the cluded the unconditional surrender of Ger­ American people. Phoenixville Area Chamber of Commerce many on May 8th and the establishing of the In his two and a half years as president President's Day Essay Contest. I am submit­ United Nations. Truman then had to make a Gerald Ford lowered the inflation rate from ting for the record each of their winning es­ decision about the World War II. He had to 11.2 to 5.3 percent, he also lowered the unem­ says. Each of these students has composed a make a decision that might end up being un- ployment rate. Even after all this he could

e 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. March 21, 1996 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 6045 not win the presidential election in 1976, be­ to end slavery Lincoln made the decision to munity in a way that no other organization cause, the public only remembered him as end slavery when he thought it was best for can. And now, this effective and caring organi­ the man who pardoned Richard Nixon. the Union. zation is reaching out to children and youth in The choices President Lincoln made helped a way it has not ever before. Its Center for TRUMAN FIRES MACARTHUR to cause his assassination. A President Children and Youth in Ramsey provides coun­ In 1951 this headline shook the U.S. and the makes decisions every day regarding our world. On April 5 Harry Truman was furious country. They make the best choices they seling and psychotherapy for youngsters aged at MacArthur and decided he must go. For can although they cannot please everyone. 2 to 18 regardless of their ability to pay. five days he kept this secret until they could President Lincoln made what he thought was Mr. Speaker, America's communities could decide on a replacement. They decided on the best decision for the Union. John Wilkes all use more dedicated community-minded or­ Lieut. General Matthew Ridgway. Booth, his assassin, did not agree. ganizations like this. But fundamentally, orga­ The reporters were summoned at 1:00 a.m. nizations like this could all use more dedicated The press got hand-out sheets from the press supporters like Ray Gilmartin. He is a shining secretary: "With deep regret, I have con­ TRIBUTE TO RAY GILMARTIN cluded that General of the Army Douglas example of the volunteer community service MacArthur is unable to give his whole­ that makes America strong. hearted support to the policies and directives HON. MARGE ROUKEMA issued to them in the manner provided by OF NEW JERSEY our laws and the Constitution." IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRIBUTE TO CAPT. MICHAEL W. Why the 1:00 a.m. summons? The White KIGHT, MONTEBELLO POLICE DE­ House's lame explanation was timing for the Thursday, March 21,1996 PARTMENT general, since it was then midafternoon in Mrs. ROUKEMA. Mr. Speaker, I rise today Tokyo. But that wasn't the real reason at to offer my heartfelt congratulations to my all; the news had been timed to make the HON. ESTEBAN EDWARD TORRES friend Ray Gilmartin on being honored by OF CALIFORNIA morning newspapers and catch the Repub­ West Bergen Mental Healthcare. On Sunday, licans in bed. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 24, Ray will be presented with the West The man he fired was a military hero, idol­ Thursday, March 21, 1996 ized by many. MacArthur had done a superb Bergen's Distinguished Service Award. job as Supreme Commander for the Allied I cannot think of a person who is more de­ Mr. TORRES. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to Powers in the reconstruction of Japan. Tru­ serving of this honor. I have known Ray and pay tribute to Montebello P.O. Capt. Michael man himself admired MacArthur's soldier­ Gladie Gilmartin for many years and have W. Kight on the occasion of his retirement. ing. seen the seriousness of their commitment to Captain Kight spent more than 30 years pro­ But MacArthur was strong minded and had their community. tecting the interests and enhancing the safety set himself firmly against the policy of Tru­ man. Douglas MacArthur would not com­ Those across America who know Ray know of our community. promise his views of what was right and nec­ him as a distinguished captain of industry. Captain Kight was born in Los Angeles, CA, essary. The clash between the two was slow Since he earned his MBA from Harvard Busi­ and attended local schools, including east Los in building, but the end was inevitable. ness School just a few short years ago, he Angeles and Cerritos Colleges, where he The Senate and Congress were divided over has had a meteoric rise in the business world. earned his associate of arts degree in police Truman's decision. The American public sup­ He now serves as chairman, president and science. He began his law enforcement career ported MacArthur. When MacArthur re­ chief executive officer of Merck & Co., the in 1964, serving as a patrol officer with the turned to the states he was a General of the world's largest pharmaceutical concern. He Army, stripped of his commands and without City of Bell Police Department. On July 30, assignment, yet the U.S. was waiting to previously served in the same capacity at an­ 1972, Captain Kight was hired as a police offi­ sweep him up in a tremendous greeting all other premier firm, Becton Dickinson & Co. of cer with the Montebello Police Department, the way to Manhattan's tickertaped Broad­ Franklin Lakes, NJ. where he served for the past 24 years. way. His words had brought public dismissal He is a national leader in health care. An Captain Kight quickly proved himself to be a and reprimand from his Commander in Chief, active participant in health industry affairs, Ray natural leader, providing direction, leadership, yet the Congress of the U.S. honored him by is a member of the board of the Pharma­ and expertise in law enforcement. He rapidly asking him to address them. When he did ceutical Research & Manufacturers of America rose through the ranks, becoming senior offi­ give his speech before Congress he was given a standing ovation. and Project HOPE, a nonprofit organization cer in 1974; patrol sergeant in 1975; detective In my opinion Truman firing MacArthur conducting educational programs in the health sergeant in 1980; lieutenant in 1987; and cap­ was the most unpopular decision ever made sciences. He is also chairman-elect of the tain of field services in 1988. He was awarded by an American president. Healthcare Leadership Council, a national co­ exceptional performance pay in 1979, when alition that promotes cutting-edge health care he significantly exceeded performance stand­ ABRAHAM LINCOLN reform. ards for management of his employees. In In 1861 Abraham Lincoln was elected 16th Closer to home, those who know Ray know 1983, he was awarded exceptional perform­ President of the United States. When he him as a passionate supporter of a wide range ance pay for reducing overtime hours and in­ took office, and during the early stages of of community activities. In addition to his creasing the arrests and clearance in the de­ the Civil War, President Lincoln wanted to chairmanship of the board of Valley hospital in tective bureau. Again in 1985, he was award­ preserve the American Union of which slav­ ery was a part. There was great pressure Ridgewood, his public service activities also ed exceptional performance pay for his out­ upon him to free the slaves but he refused. include serving as a board member at Union standing handling of an internal affairs inves­ He had no wish to interfere with slavery College in Schenectady, NY., the United tigation. In 1994, he was awarded the pres­ where it already existed. Lincoln declared Negro College Fund, the Associates of Har­ tigious Career Contribution Management that he was fighting to save the Union, not vard Business School, the New Jersey State Award in recognition of his high standards of to free the slaves. As the Civil War pro­ Chamber of Commerce, and the Ethics Re­ excellence and dedication to superior service gressed, the Northerners demanded the end source Center. He is also a member of the to the residents of Montebello. to slavery. Business Roundtable and the Business Coun­ Michael W. Kight has demonstrated a life­ In 1863 President Lincoln issued the Eman­ cipation Proclamation declaring that slaves cil and a trustee of the Conference Board and long commitment to his chosen field of law en­ be free. Lincoln repeatedly urged all states the Committee for Economic Development. He forcement, earning him the respect and admi­ to free their slaves. In 1865 The Emanci­ is also a member of the board of the Providian ration of his colleagues and community. On pation Proclamation cleared the way for Corp. and PSE&G. Saturday, March 23, 1996, his friends, family, Amendment 13 to the constitution ending My husband, Dr. Richard Roukema, and I and staff members will congratulate him on his slavery throughout the United States and are proud of our longtime association with retirement from the Montebello Police Depart­ declaring all men to be created equal. West Bergen Mental Healthcare. For years, ment, and thank him for his years of excep­ President Lincoln's decision not to end slavery at the beginning of the Civil War ap­ West Bergen Mental Healthcare has served tional service. pealed to some people but not to others. Lin­ effectively northern New Jersey's population of Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me coln made this choice not for popularity but the mentally ill, in effect, speaking for those in paying tribute to Michael W. Kight, one of because he thought it was the right decision who cannot speak for themselves. Further, our community's finest law enforcement offi­ for the Union's people. Despite the pressure West Bergen responds to crises in our com- cers and public servants. 6046 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS March 21, 1996 IN SUPPORT OF WOMEN'S Gladys Brooks, who served three terms on the TRffiUTE TO JOHN CAPELLUPO IDSTORY MONTH Minneapolis City Council and was a candidate for mayor, and Judge Diana Murphy, who has HON. MARTIN OLAV SABO served as a State judge, U.S. District Judge HON. RICHARD A.· GEPHARDT OF MINNESOTA for the District of Minnesota, and is currently OF MISSOURI IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Thursday , March 21,1996 Circuit and is a director of the Bush Founda­ tion and the United Way of the Minneapolis Thursday, March 21, 1996 Mr. SABO. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to ex­ Area. press my support for Women's History Month. Mr. GEPHARDT. Mr. Speaker, I rise to Women make contributions to our society Countless other Minnesota women have honor my friend and fellow St. Louisan John every day-all year long. But this month offers been outspoken social activists, particularly Capellupo, who is retiring as president of a special opportunity to acknowledge and to within the feminist movement. Among them, McDonnell Douglas Aerospace after a career raise awareness about women's contributions Gloria Jean Griffin was the coordinator and that has spanned much of the last half of this in all aspects of our culture-including health, co-founder of the Minnesota Women's Consor­ century. It is fitting to recognize Cap for his education, public service, and the arts. Min­ tium in 1980. She and Grace Harkness, the work on behalf of his country, his company, nesota has produced strong female civic lead­ legislative director of the Women's Consortium and his community. ers who have worked to enhance the lives of (1980-present) worked at this association of During his many years in the aerospace in­ others through their endowments to the com­ 170 organizations dedicated to full equality for dustry, Cap has built an impressive record of munity. Today, I rise to recognize some Min­ women and as a resource and referral center substantial and long-lasting contributions to nesota women in particular, who have en­ for women seeking help and support. Addition­ our Nation through the technical development riched our community and advanced the wom­ ally, Arvonne Fraser served as President Clin­ and management of some of our most impor­ en's movement on a national level. ton's U.S. Representative to the United Na­ tant defense programs. He has shaped air­ In its earlier years, Minnesota was fortunate tions Commission on the Status of Women in craft, missile, space, and technology programs to have many women from diverse back­ 1993-94. She was also the National President that will provide for our national defense for grounds who were committed to improving the of the Women's Equity Action League in the decades to come. lives of average Minnesotans. For instance, early 1970's and was named the International Born in Minnesota and raised in Illinois, Nellie Griswold Francis {1874-1969) and Citizen of the Year 1995 by the city of Min­ John began his aerospace career with McDon­ Mattie Porter Jackson (1854-1946), two Afri­ neapolis. nell Aircraft Co. in 1957. He cut his teeth on can-Americans, were instrumental in the early programs like the F-101B fighter, the Super civil rights movement. Eleanore Harriet Bresky Representing education, children, health, and the arts, I would like to recognize four Talos missile, and other programs we now (1882-1952), a Russian-American, was a read about in aviation or military history books. member of the National Woman's Party, as women who have excelled in these areas. Jean Keffeler is the immediate past Chair of Several years later, in the mid-1970's, a well­ was Minneapolis-born, Agnes Myrtle-Cain seasoned and experienced John Capellupo (1894-1980), who also was a legislator and a the Board of Regents of the University of Min­ nesota and was recently reappointed to a sec­ began working on a revolutionary new aircraft union activist. Ruth Tokuka Nomura Tanbara program, one that would eventually give birth (1907-), a Japanese-American, was an econ­ ond 6-year term on the board. Luanne Larsen Nyberg was the founder and executive director to the F/A-18 Hornet, the world's first fighter omist and an early YWCA social worker. I designed to master both aerial dogfights and commend organizations like the Minnesota of the Children's Defense Fund-Minnesota (1985-95), an organization dedicated to in­ ground attack missions. Ultimately, he would Women's History Month Project who increase lead the Hornet program into maturity and, to creased state government and community awareness and bring attention to these this day, throughout industry, Government, commitment to meeting children's basic women. Led by Judy Yaeger Jones, this group and the military, he is known as the father of is one of only four State-based organizations needs. Dr. Jane Hodgson defied the medical the F/A-18. in the country researching and promoting the establishment in the 1930's, deciding to go to In February 1989, John left the F/A-18 pro­ history of women's lives within their commu­ medical school when men were predominantly gram to become president of McDonnell nities. physicians. In 1992, she was recognized with Few people have fought as tirelessly and for the Elizabeth Blackwell Award from the Amer­ Douglas Missile Systems Co. In early 1990, a social cause as did Clara Ueland {1860- ican Medical Women's Association for her he became deputy president of the company's 1927), working for the congressional passage work in keeping abortion legal. Finally, in the commercial airliner operation, Douglas Aircraft Co., in Long Beach, CA. In May 1991, he re­ and Minnesota legislature ratification of the last 20 years, Libby Larsen has become one turned to St. Louis to assume his current posi­ nineteenth amendment in 1919. As a leader in of the most important and successful compos­ tion as president of what is now McDonnell the suffrage movement, she served as the last ers in the United States, winning a Grammy Douglas Aerospace. president of the Minnesota Women Suffrage Award in 1994 and continuing the fine tradition Association and later, as the first president of of a strong cultural and arts community in the Thousands of the hard-working people from the Minnesota League of Women Voters. An Twin Cities. my district are employed by McDonnell Doug­ historic leader in Minnesota history, Clara las and work for John. These are the men and As I stated last month regarding Black His­ women who design, test, and build F-15s for Ueland truly embodied the character and abil­ tory Month, I would like to recognize again ity needed to advance women's suffrage. the Air Force; AV-8Bs, F/A-18s, and T-45s Ethel Ray Nance (1899-1992), the first black Too numerous to mention here, hundreds of for the Navy and Marines Corps; and Har­ woman hired by the Minnesota Legislature other women in Minnesota have held promi­ poon, SLAM, and JDAM munitions. They re­ and the first black policewoman in Minnesota. nent roles in the State's political, judicial, so­ spect and admire the man they know simply Further, Mayor Sharon Sayles Belton, elected cial and cultural history. I am proud to recog­ as Cap, who has led them successfully in 1993, is the first African-American and the nize my mother's second cousin, Congress­ through both the good times and the bad woman Coya Knutson, who was the first and, first female mayor of Minneapolis and of times over the years. course, Nellie Stone Johnson, has been one as yet, the only Minnesota woman to serve in Personally, I have known Cap for almost 20 the U.S. House of Representatives. She of the most outspoken and thoughtful leaders years. He and I have worked together on a served in the State House of Representatives in Minnesota's African-American community. broad range of issues, from those directly af­ from 1951-54 and was elected from 1955-59 I am proud to recognize and acknowledge fecting our national security to ones that are as a Democratic Member of Congress. An­ the influence and contributions these and all vitally important to local St. Louis workers. other pioneer, Minnesota Supreme Court As­ women have made in Minnesotan's lives. I Throughout this lengthy and productive asso­ sociate Justice Rosalie Wahl, was the first thank them for their service to the State, the ciation, I have developed the utmost respect woman to sit on the State's highest court and women's movement, and the United States of for him as an individual and complete admira­ a person who fought to erase racial and gen­ America. Mr. Speaker, as we observe Wom­ tion for his professional achievements. I am der bias from the courts. Two other women en's History Month, I commend each of these honored to recognize him here today, and have made a difference in Minnesota politics: women for their contributions to our society. wish him a very happy retirement. March 21, 1996 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 6047 STEPHANIE WENDEROTH OF MADI­ maxim: "If I am not for myself, who will be? cently, she was selected to represent St. SON, A TR1JE HOMETOWN HERO and if I'm only for myself, what am I?" Paul's Battle Creek School Fresh Force Pro­ Marty has worked tirelessly to raise the gram at a regional meeting of Fresh Force HON. ROSA L. DeLAURO standards of the NYU Medical School. That is program participants. It is for this hard work OF CONNECTICUT a critical task which affects Americans nation­ and her dedication to our community and its wide. Three medical schools in New York, citizens that she is being honored. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES NYU Medical School included, train approxi­ In addition to her volunteer efforts, Ms. Lee, Thursday, March 21, 1996 mately 15 percent of all doctors who practice who is an eighth-grader at Battle Creek Middle Ms. DELAURO. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to medicine in the United States. What is good School, still finds time to remain an excellent honor Stephanie Wenderoth, a teen from my for NYU Medical School is good for the Amer­ student and participate in student government. district whose bravery and quick thinking ican people. Eight years ago she entered public school saved three children from a fire that virtually Marty is always up-to-date on public policy. unable to speak English. Now, not only is she destroyed their home last month. A long-time advocate for compassionate care fluent in English, she is an "A" student and, Stephanie was babysitting for Hailey, Ken­ for the homeless mentally ill, Marty often aa­ therefore, a member of the National Honor So­ dall, and Miller Carroll when a fire broke out vises prominent public figures on the subjects ciety. She also holds the position of vice presi­ in the living room of the Carroll's home in of health care, public health, community rela­ dent of Battle Creek Middle School's Student Madison, CT. Stephanie sent Hailey and Ken­ tions and Jewish affairs. He was an excellent Council. dall running to the home of a neighbor, then resource for me when health care reform was A selection committee will soon choose 10 dropped to her knees and crawled through at the top of the national agenda in the 103d individuals from the list of State winners of the thick smoke to find 3-year-old Miller. She Congress. He advised me on the viability of Prudential Spirit of Community Award to be found him after crawling through a thick cloud the Clinton health plan, taking into consider­ their national award winners. Regardless of of smoke, then ran with him out of the house. ation how it would impact not just the hospital that decision, the citizens of the Twin Cities Stephanie and Miller emerged from the fire and the medical school, but my constituents community and Battle Creek Middle School covered with soot, but safe. and New York City in general. have already received a higher honor and Mr. Speaker, the dictionary defines courage While he sees the big picture, Marty never great benefit, Suerjee Lee's leadership and as: mental or moral strength to venture, per­ loses sight of the details. Throughout his ten­ hard work on behalf of the future of our com­ severe, and withstand danger, fear or dif­ ure at NYU, Marty has seen to it that expan­ munity. Her efforts not only serve to improve ficultly. Stephanie Wenderoth has dem­ sion of the NYU Medical Center complex has the lives of our citizens and improve the qual­ onstrated exceptional courage that serves as been carried out with great sensitivity to qual­ ity of life in the Twin Cities, she has dem­ an inspiration to citizens of all ages. As an ity of life in the community. onstrated the importance of volunteerism and asthmatic, crawling through the smoke was Until 1994, Marty also served the city of community activism to all who know her. I join difficult, but Stephanie did not hesitate to take New York for 18 years as chairman of the the entire community in congratulating Ms. the risk and through her courage saved the community services board of the city's depart­ Lee for winning this prestigious award and in lives of three children. ment of mental health, mental retardation and thanking her for her efforts on behalf of our In this day and age when genuine heroes alcoholism services. He continues to sit on the community and its citizens. are all too rare in our society, Stephanie dis­ boards of the executive committee of the As­ misses attention to her feat by calling it "just sociated Medical Schools of New York, and, TRIBUTE TO ROBERT T. ACKER part of my job as a babysitter." Such modesty by appointment of the Governor of New York is yet another admirable trait of this extraor­ State, on the Battery Park City Authority. dinary young woman. As her Representative Mr. Speaker, for all of his good work; for his HON. DUNCAN HUNTER in the U.S. House, I rise today to honor Steph­ compassion; for his commitment to his com­ OF CALIFORNIA anie Wenderoth as a true hometown hero. munity, his city and his country, Marty Begun IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES has earned a reputation as mensch. I owe Thursday, March 21, 1996 Marty a debt of gratitude for doing so much Mr. HUNTER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to TRIBUTE TO MARTIN BEGUN fine work in my district. And the city of New recognize the extraordinary service and dedi­ York owes him much, much more. cation of a constituent in my district, Mr. Rob­ HON. CAROLYN B. MALONEY ert T. Acker of El Cajon, CA. Robert is a de­ OF NEW YORK voted member of this community serving the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES SUERJEE LEE WINS HIGH PRAISE city of El Cajon for the past 30 years, 14 of FOR HELPING IMPROVE TWIN Thursday, March 21,1996 these as city manager. He is soon retiring and CITIES COMMUNITY I would like to take a moment to commend his Mrs. MALONEY. Mr. Speaker, I rise tonight dedicated service in local government and to bring to the attention of my colleagues the HON.BRUCE~ VENTO community programs. outstanding achievements of a community OF MINNESOTA A Holtville native, Robert is a graduate of leader who is truly dedicated to public service. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES San Diego State University [SDSU] with a Martin S. Begun serves as senior associate master's degree in economics. After service in Thursday, March 21, 1996 dean of the New York University School of the U.S. Army, he went to work as an ap­ Medicine and vice president of external affairs Mr. VENTO. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to praiser for the San Diego County Assessor's of New York University Medical Center. Dean congratulate a young Minnesotan, Ms. Suerjee Office and in 1966, was hired as an adminis­ Begun serves as liaison to government offi­ Lee, for being recognized with the Prudential trative analyst for the city of El Cajon where cials on the city, State and Federal level. In Spirit of Community Award. Ms. Lee is receiv­ he was promoted to city manager in 1982. addition, Marty oversees the public affairs and ing the award for her volunteerism in the Twin During his tenure as city manager, Robert alumni relations offices of NYU Medical Center Cities community, and is one of only two has enthusiastically participated in dedications and School of Medicine. youths in my home State of Minnesota to be of public buildings including the El Cajon Fire In July of 1995, in tribute to his years of ac­ honored this year. Headquarters, the El Cajon Community Cen­ tivism and leadership in the Jewish commu­ Her volunteer efforts span many segments ter, and the El Cajon Library. He is spirited nity, Marty also assumed the presidency of the of the community. She spends time with elder­ and has always strongly advocated city im­ Jewish Community Relations Council of New ly residents of a nearby nursing home and provements and prosperity. York. JCRC is a representative organization serves as a mentor for special education stu­ Robert's involvement and accomplishments encompassing over 60 major civic, communal, dents at her school. Ms. Lee is also involved extend well beyond serving as the city man­ educational and religious groups within New in a project called Fresh Force, a volunteer or­ ager of El Cajon. Aside from working as an York City's diverse Jewish community. ganization which performs a variety of commu­ assistant professor in public administration at As long as I have known Marty, he has nity service activities. One such activity in­ SDSU, he also served as a member of the been deeply involved in community service. cluded beautification of the Mississippi river­ San Diego Transit Corporation Board of Direc­ He is a man who lives by the Talmudic front by removing trash from the area. Re- tors, the City/County Managers Association, 6048 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS March 21, 1996 the Ducks Unlimited Steering Committee, the MR. STARK: As a retired employee of obtained work. Since he returned to the International City Management Association, Southeast Banking Corporation, my medical workplace at age 59, it was very difficult to the National Rifle Association, and the El coverage ceased on September 20. secure a well paying position, but he is a Cajon Lions Club. This involvement in commu­ First, I believe it is outrageous that re­ hard worker and he can provide for our needs tired employees be advised after the fact at this time, except for health insurance cov­ nity service has assisted in raising funds for that coverage was terminated, and not given erage. I have returned to work part time projects such as Canine Companions, El the opportunity to seek alternative coverage only, as my health does not permit me full Cajon Boys and Girls Club, San Diego Service in a timely manner. time employment. After paying into Unem­ for the Blind, Home of Guiding Hands, Drug Further, since Southeast was self insured ployment for the eight (8) years we were in Awareness Resistance Education, Tijuana Or­ and Metropolitan was merely the adminis­ business, he has now been notified he was not phanage Support, and Christmas Baskets for trator, there is no policy to which we can eligible to collect unemployment at all, be­ Needy Families. convert. cause the Unemployment Board decided he Furthermore, I am advised by Metropoli­ did not have good cause to sell the business Robert is a symbol of commitment and dedi­ tan that due to a pre-existing condition (Par­ and therefore, demand a repayment of S3,000 cation to his fellow citizens and community. kinson's) of my wife, they have no coverage he was paid. We are appealing this ruling, He has pledged a great share of his life to the available for her and that they doubt if any but I have gotten far afield of my subject I service of others and he has surely made El insuror in the country would write coverage. am afraid ... Cajon a better place to live. Today, let us And the Florida Insurance Commissioners As we had group health coverage for both honor him for his unwavering contributions. I Office claims that they have no jurisdiction of us and our employees in our business, we hope retirement can afford him the enjoyment over self-insured groups, plus enrollment in have kept up that coverage until this month. of his hobbies hunting, fishing, gun collecting, the State assigned risk program has been We have been covered by Prudential Ins. for closed. approximately 10 years. Each six (6) months and spending time with his wife and daughter, So, the long and the short of it is, we are the premium was raised 15 percent until this Susan and Kathryn. Mr. Robert Acker is well­ out on the street. What am I to do? month it went to $576 per month. We have deserving and I wish him great happiness in been paying this premium each month from his future endeavors. DEAR CONGRESSMAN STARK, I am sure that our savings (from the sale of the business you would be interested and concerned about and it was intended to be for our retire­ what has recently happened to me as an ment). But now it has been depleted and we WHY WE NEED THE KASSEBAUM­ older, retired adult, in relation to an ex­ no longer can pay for the coverage. We have KENNEDY GROUP-TO-INDIVIDUAL treme inequity in the health care system. been unsuccessful in locating other coverage CONVERSION PROVISIONS What happened to me is as follows. because of the two year wait for "pre-exist­ I retired as a result of a heart problem in ing" conditions, I for my heart problems, he 1989, and in 1990, I had a bypass surgery. I for hypertension. Also, not being in a HON. FORTNEY PETE STARK was covered by Kaiser Permanente Health "group" the cost was as much as we were OF CALIFORNIA Plan at the time, and I have been covered by paying Prudential for a group coverage. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES them for the past 32 years. I was still carried I am very apprehensive about the fact that by the engineering company from which I re­ if either of us becomes ill enough for hos­ Thursday, March 21,1996 tired, but without my knowledge, my com­ pitalization, we will be shunned aside be­ Mr. STARK. Mr. Speaker, over the years, pany discontinued the Kaiser health plan as cause we have no insurance. My medication I've received many letters from around the Na­ of June, 1992. Not having been notified by ei­ is very expensive, realizing a total expense of ther my ex-employer nor Kaiser, I continued over S300 per month, and my husbands hyper­ tion on the need for national health insurance to use the medical services, and even had an tension medication is $68 per month. We are reform. elective hernia operation in June. On June struggling to make ends meet with these Many of these writers would be helped by a 26th, Kaiser sent a letter notifying me that I drug expenses and other obligations in this provision in Kassebaum-Kennedy: the right to was no longer covered. Upon contacting depressed economy. buy an individual policy after leaving a group them by phone, I was told of the cir­ There is no where to turn it seems. We policy, and not having one's pre-existing con­ cumstances, and was advised to apply under have an "insurance pool" here in Fla. for ditions excluded permanently. Many insurance an individual membership. I complied and people like us without insurance, but having companies oppose this provision but passing immediately applied, but I was rejected looked into it, we would be paying far more quickly by the Medical Review Board at Kai­ for this coverage than we have been to Pru­ this law is the least we can do for our constitu­ ser citing the reason as "arteriosclerotic dential, and we would be waiting for the 2 ents. heart disease". year waiting period for "pre-existing" condi­ The following letters make the case: MAN FROM CALIFORNIA. tions again. DEAR MR. CONGRESSMAN, I am a 50-year-old A WOMAN FROM FLORIDA. male who was recently laid off due to a cor­ DEAR CONGRESSMAN PETE STARK, I'm 13 porate merger. I have continued Cobra years old and, a resident of San Leandro, CONSUMERS FOR QUALITY CARE, health insurance program through my California. When I was 10 months old my pul­ Los Angeles, CA. August 8, 1994. former employer, for myself and wife, at my monary artery had to be opened. At that DEAR MEMBER OF THE CALIFORNIA CONGRES­ own expense of $281 per month. time I had Health insurance. Unfortunately, SIONAL DELEGATION: Just last week, on Au­ I have accepted a position with a small after I recovered from the open heart sur­ gust 2, the Ninth Circuit ruled that ERISA company and applied for the medical insur­ gery, my families insurance dropped my cov­ preempts one of California's most important ance offered by them with John Alden Life erage. Due to the fact that my parents are consumer protections: the requirement that Ins. Co. This has been in process for several self-employed, I have been without Health insurance companies continue to pay health weeks, and I have now received this enclosed insurance for roughly 12 years. insurance benefits to a sick or injured pa­ letter refusing us coverage due to my "condi­ Thank you for your time. tient even if the patient's participation in a tion". DEBORAH FROM HAYWARD , CALIF. health insurance plan is terminated by an I have had a seizure disorder since my late employer or insurance company. teens which is totally controlled by medica­ DEAR REP. STARK: My husband and I have If ever there was an example which illus­ tion and has not incapacitated me at any been what we would call middle class for all trates why Congress should amend ERISA as time. I am periodically checked by the doc­ our married life. We both held down good part of health care reform, this case is it. tor and lead a perfectly normal and active paying jobs and worked hard all our life. Two Vanessa Serrato was eighteen years old, a life. and one-half years ago I had three heart at­ high school student with a promising future, This is the first time during 30 plus years tacks in one month. I could no longer work when she was struck by a drunk driver. Dur­ in the work force with previous employers for quite some time, having spent many ing subsequent surgery to amputate her leg, that I have ever been refused medical cov­ weeks in the hospital. My husband has been Vanessa went into cardiac arrest. She suf­ erage. It imposes an extreme financial bur­ treated for hypertension for some years, and fered profound and permanent brain damage, den on us, and the ultimate horror is that we it became obvious he must sell our business and lapsed into a coma. could be wiped out should there be any medi­ because of this and his worry over me, plus At the time of the accident, Vanessa was cal crisis which can happen to anyone at the fact that I could no longer work with in a position that one would assume to be en­ anytime. him at our business. This was an unprofit­ viable: she was covered by not one, but two What, Mr. Congressman, can be done about able sale, business was poor and we had to health insurance policies. One was issued by something like this, and where do we turn share the proceeds with a partner in our Massachusetts Mutual Life, under a policy when suddenly judged uninsurable? business. He applied for and was paid Unem­ provided to her mother by her employer; the A MAN FROM CALIFORNIA. ployment Comp. for several months until he other by John Hancock Mutual Life, under a March 21, 1996 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 6049 policy issued to her father by his employer. At its first roll call, held at the Lexington TRIBUTE TO MAYOR BERNARD The Mass Mutual policy provided $1 million Opera House in New York City in 1896, 63 KETTLER in benefits; John Hancock's policy offered unlimited benefits. Both pol1cies promised to Jewish Civil War veterans were recorded cover the needs of a catastrophically injured present at what was then called a gathering of HON. MARGE ROUKEMA patient like Vanessa. the Hebrew Union Veterans. From that time OF NEW JERSEY Less than one year after the accident, how­ until World War I, the JWV merged with other IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ever, Massachusetts Mutual Life terminated Vanessa's coverage when her mother's em­ organizations and promoted the recognition of Thursday, March 21, 1996 ployer ceased operations in Cal1forn1a. At Jewish veterans. One of its members, Ben Mrs. ROUKEMA. Mr. Speaker, I rise to con­ the same time, John Hancock terminated Altheimer, was widely recognized for greatly gratulate Woodcliff Lake Mayor Bernard her health care benefits when her father's influencing President Woodrow Wilson in des­ employer substituted a different insurer for Kettler on being honored with the annual Lin­ John Hancock. California's case law re­ ignating June 14 as Flag Day. coln Award by the Woodcliff Lake, NJ, Repub­ quires, as a matter of public policy, that pa­ During the years following World War I, the lican Club. I can think of no better example of tients who are injured or fall 111 during the JWV became active in protesting the Jewish the solid American values of service to com­ period when a policy is in force and reason­ munity, participation in local government, civic discrimination in Poland, Romania and Galicia. ably expect that their policy will provide pride, and concern for fellow citizens. This long term benefits are entitled to continue In 1924, the organization changed its name to award is certainly well deserved. to receive the benefits. But both insurers re­ Jewish War Veterans of the Wars of the Re­ Bernie Kettler served residents of Woodcliff fused to pay for the medical treatment and public. The next year, the JWV published the services Vanessa desperately required. Lake as a councilman for 9 years and as The young woman, who was entitled to first issue of its national magazine entitled mayor for 14 years. During his quarter century coverage under two pol1cies, instead was left "Jewish Veteran." For 75 years the publication of public service, he provided outstanding with nothing. Her mother takes care of her has continued to be mailed to all JWV mem­ leadership in the development of the town dur­ at home; Vanessa's poor condition reflects bers. The JWV became increasingly more ac­ ing a critical period of major growth and the fact that she has not received the care change. He distinguished himself throughout she needs. tive in politics over the next several years, lob­ Vanessa Serrato's parents brought suit on bying Congress for veterans' legislation on a Bergen County as a respected and innovative her behalf against both health insurers and regular basis. By 1939, 277 posts had formed leader. He represented his community with dignity, integrity, and pride. He was always a the employers through whom the insurance and an organization for teenagers, the sons of was provided. She argued that under Califor­ strong Republican, providing the leadership nia's vesting law, once she became disabled JWV had been formed. and optimism which contributed greatly to Re­ her right to the benefits vested, and the in­ Meeting 10 days after the bombing of Pearl publican victories and many years of success­ surance companies could not terminate that Harbor, the JWV's National Executive Commit­ ful Republican government. right. She asked that her medical bills be The Marine Corps veteran of World War II paid, and that the companies pay her attor­ tee promulgated its "Emergency Program for neys' fees for having to bring a lawsuit. But Victory" which called for a comprehensive ci­ moved to Woodcliff Lake in 1963 and soon the federal district court dismissed the case, vilian program to support the war effort. The became involved in local issues. He was ruling that California's vesting rule is pre­ program was successful in selling $250 million sworn in to his first term as councilman in Jan­ uary 1967 and rose to the position of council empted by ERISA under the U.S. Supreme in war bonds to make a significant contribution Court's 1987 decision in Pilot Life v. Dedeaux. president. He began his career as mayor in * * * to the war effort. The JWV continued to fight 1981. His administration was responsible for a Sincerely yours, for veterans causes and provide support for beautification program, sanitation improve­ JAMIE COURT, veterans families through World War II. ments, establishment of a recycling program, Consumers For Quality Care. and many other contributions. He spear­ MARIA FERRER, Mr. Speaker, in the 50 years following World Health Access. War II the membership of the JWV grew as headed a proactive stance on the difficult af­ HARVEY RoSENFIELD, did its political strength and social influence. fordable housing issue that allowed Woodcliff Consumer Advocate. Always an advocate for its members and Lake to meet its legal obligations while main­ GERRI DALLECK, taining the character of the town. His efforts never declining a challenge, the Jewish War Center For Health Care Rights. contributed greatly to Woodcliff Lake's position TERRY MCBRIDE, Veterans has taken its place among the most as a first-class and desirable community. Consumers For Safe Medicine. respected veterans organizations in the world. Bernie also served as president of the Pas­ In my congressional district, the Wyoming Val­ saic Valley Mayors Association and partici­ JEWISH WAR VETERANS ley Chapter of the Jewish War Veterans is ex­ pated in many regional initiatives such as the tremely active. Its membership is comprised of Joint Insurance Fund. He served on the Ber­ HON. PAUL E. KANJORSKI some of the most decorated and distinguished gen County Solid Waste Advisory Committee and many other county-level panels. OF PENNSYLVANIA veterans in the Commonwealth, including Bernie has also had an extensive and suc­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Samuel Greenberg of Kingston, who served as National Commander of the Jewish War cessful business career in the food industry. Thursday, March 21, 1996 He introduced and established distribution of Veterans in 1984 and 1985. Another Kingston Mr. KANJORSKI. Mr. Speaker, I rise today three national food brands and managed more to pay tribute to the Jewish War Veterans of resident, Attorney Joseph J. Savitz, served the than $50 million in sales volume on the east the United States of America upon the cele­ Jewish War Veterans as the organization's coast for some of the largest manufacturers in bration of the organization's 1OOth anniver­ National Judge Advocate in 1961 and 1962. the United States. sary. On Saturday, March 23, the Wyoming Mr. Speaker, during my tenure in the U.S. Speaking on a personal basis, Mayor Bernie Valley Chapter will commemorate this impor­ Congress, working closely with the veterans in Kettler has been one of my staunchest, most tant anniversary at its annual banquet in my district has been one of my greatest pleas­ loyal, and truest supporters dating back to Wilkes-Barre, PA. I am pleased to have been ures. I am extremely proud of my friendship those first months when I first faced the for­ asked to participate in this event. midable task of running for nomination as a with these dedicated men and women. The Since its founding in 1896, the Jewish War candidate for Congress. We look back on Veterans organization has been a patriotic members of the Wyoming Valley Chapter of them as the good old days but they were most voice of American Jews who proudly served in the Jewish War Veterans are to be com­ challenging to all of us. Bernie became one of the U.S. military. Founded by men who wore mended for their continued advocacy, leader­ my most trusted advisors and supporters. I the blue uniform of the victorious Union Army ship, and heartfelt concern for the well being have always respected and valued his coun­ and Navy during the Civil War, its membership of our Nation's veterans. I am proud to have sel. has subsequently included Jewish military per­ their friendship and congratulate this organiza­ He is a graduate of Gettysburg College, sonnel who have answered the call to colors tion on its 1OOth anniversary. where he received a bachelor's degree in eco­ since 1861, and continue the tradition of serv­ nomics and political science. He and his wife, ice in the peace-keeping force in Bosnia. Marie, make their home in Woodcliff Lake. 6050 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS March 21, 1996 They have three children: Thomas, Sarah, and sionate commitment to help victims of domes­ of the benefits of these weapons to our forces. Mary Jean, and one granddaughter, Kate. tic violence in Dayton, OH. She is the execu­ The cost of antipersonnel (AP) landmines to tive director of Artemis Center for Alternatives our fighting men and women has too often to Domestic Violence. been ignored until we have to fight and face RECOGNITION OF ST. PAUL HIGH Nancy has done outstanding work with bat­ them. In Vietnam, a third of our casualties SCHOOL STUDENTS, SANTA FE tered women for 16 years. In 1980-81 she came from landmines. They will continue to SPRINGS, CA worked as a crisis counselor at the YWCA take their awful toll in future conflicts on our Battered Women's Project, where she was soldiers and innocent men, women, and chil­ HON. ESTEBAN EDWARD TORRES struck by the bleak predicament of battered dren, until the international community decides OF CALIFORNIA women, and the gross inequities which they to do something about the problem. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES face in society. Her concern for these women Our Nation could be leading the charge to eliminate these weapons. Unfortunately, there Thursday, March 21, 1996 motivated her to cofound Artemis in 1984. This nonresidential organization provides has not been a serious effort to seek a ban on Mr. TORRES. Mr. Speaker, I rise to pay counseling, legal services, children's therapy, the use of these weapons. This has led to tribute to the young and aspiring students of and a 24-hour crisis hotline to battered marginal results that forced the participants, St. Paul High School in Santa Fe Springs, CA. women, men, and children who have filed out of embarrassment, to postpone the conclu­ Each year I have the privilege of meeting a criminal charges against a family member who sion of the review conference until later this new group of seniors as they visit New York has assaulted them. spring. Without our leadership, a ban on AP City and Washington, DC. Victims of domestic violence often face stig­ landmines will not happen. I am delighted that this fine group of young matization in our society, which makes it espe­ This fall, Congress took a big step in assert­ men and women had the opportunity to enjoy cially difficult for them to come forward and re­ ing this leadership by passing a one-year mor­ Broadway plays, the Statue of Liberty, and the ceive help. In addition, if a battered woman atorium on the use of AP landmines. And now excitement of the Big Apple. While in Wash­ tries to leave home she faces a 75-percent the military is finally taking a hard look at the ington, the St. Paul students took a whirlwind higher risk of becoming a homicide victim. Be­ landmine crisis. According to an article in Sun­ tour of its many famous sights: the White cause of this threat, only 1 out of 39 battered day's New York Times, Chairman of the Joint House, the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, women will opt to move into a shelter. Non­ Chiefs of Staff, General Shalikashvili has or­ the Supreme Court, the Library of Congress, residential services like Artemis are therefore dered a review of the Pentagon's longstanding and the Washington, Lincoln and Jefferson necessary to meet the needs of victims who opposition to a ban on the use of landmines. monuments by night. I was lucky enough to fit cannot leave home. I applaud General Shalikashvili for his re­ into their tight schedule when they visited me In addition to her efforts at Artemis, Nancy view of this issue. He is obviously listening to at the House of Representatives. was the legislative committee chair of the Ohio the many American combat vets, both officer Mr. Robert McNeil, the school's trip leader Domestic Violence Network from 1990 to and enlisted, who know how much these and respected civics teacher, deserves much 1994. She is a member of the Child Protection weapons have cost us in American lives and credit for organizing these annual trips and for Task Force of Montgomery County, a member limbs compared to their limited military value. motivating so many young students to reach of the Domestic Violence Subcommittee of the In a speech before the United Nations just beyond their natural talents. His academic and Criminal Justice Policy Council of Montgomery over a year ago, President Clinton stated our professional background make him a re­ County, and a member of the Endangering Nation's goal of a ban on antipersonnel land­ spected leader and a brilliant teacher. This Children Subcommittee of the Criminal Justice mines. I hope that General Shalikashvili's re­ year's group of advanced placement students Policy Council, Montgomery County. Through view, along with the progress being made included Jesahel Alarcon, Chris Arehart, her work on all these fronts, Nancy has signifi­ internationally, will bring this goal closer to re­ Shonnyce Baker, Faby Barragan, Susie Ben­ cantly contributed to the Dayton community by alization. Twenty-two nations now support a son, Laura Boersma, Elenor Burciaga, Andrea relieving emotional, physical, and mental suf­ ban on these weapons. U.S. leadership, in the Burke, Monique Fuentes, Susan Mancia, Jill fering of victims who are not even safe from form of a call for an immediate ban, could Ortega, and Edward Raco. Also joining the attack within their own homes. make this a reality. group were Jeanine Casas, Paul Contreras, The prestige of the President, along with the Anna Garcia, and Mark Neria. support of our Department of Defense, can Although the students of St. Paul High LANDMINES-AN IMMEDIATE move nations. This goal is achievable. Consid­ School got the last bit of winter and some THREAT ering the terrible toll antipersonnel landmines Washington snow on their visit, I trust their are taking on civilians and soldiers, we must visit will remain a warm memory. I look for­ HON. LANE EVANS act now. ward to hearing from each of them in the fu­ OF ILLINOIS ture. I am certain much success lies ahead IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES and, perhaps, one or two of these young men CUTS IN EDUCATION and women will come back to Washington to Thursday, March 21, 1996 make their career. Mr. EVANS. Mr. Speaker, the carnage HON. VIC FAZIO Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues here as­ wreaked on innocent civilians by antipersonnel OF CALIFORNIA sembled to join me in recognition of this fine landmines has become well-known. It is esti­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES group of students and Mr. Robert McNeil of mate that over 2,000 innocent men, women, Thursday, March 21, 1996 St. Paul High SchooL and children are killed or maimed each year Mr. FAZIO of California. Mr. Speaker, I rise by these hideous and barbaric devices. Yet, today to talk about the effects of the Repub­ nothing has brought the Jandmine crisis home lican cuts in education funding on my district NANCY GRIGSBY NAMED WOMAN to the American public until we contemplated in California. OF THE YEAR OF OHIO'S THIRD sending our own young soldiers to the mine­ We're all aware of the draconian reductions DISTRICT fields of Bosnia. in funding for education programs across the According to the United Nations, there are country. HON. TONY P. HALL over 8 million landmines in Bosnia alone. One Children all over America will pay a heavy OF OHIO of them recently killed a young sergeant. He price for the majority party's insistence on IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES was the first American killed in the former slashing the Federal commitment to education. Yugoslavia. According to the experts, he might School districts, too, will suffer as they try to Thursday, March 21,1996 not be the last. budget and plan for the 1996-97 school year Mr. HALL of Ohio. Mr. Speaker, I am Landmines potentially pose the largest without knowing what to expect from the Fed­ pleased to select Nancy Grigsby as the threat to our troops in Bosnia. However, the eral Government. Woman of the Year of Ohio's Third District. Department of Defense has been at odds with For example, funding for title I was reduced Nancy is my choice for Woman of the Year international efforts to eliminate them. For too by 17.1 percent in one of the continuing reso­ because of her exceptional and compas- long, we have only heard from the Pentagon lutions passed earlier this year. March 21, 1996 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 6051 This means a $122.8 million reduction for INTRODUCTION OF DOLE-WATTS of North Dakota; and Mr. CHABOT of Ohio, to California. In Sacramento, the school district MEDICARE SUBVENTION BILL pay tribute to CF Industries, Inc. CF Industries estimates that $2 million will have to be cut is an interregional fertilizer manufacturing co­ from the district budget, eliminating as much HON. J.C. WAITS, JR. operative, which this year is celebrating its fif­ as $65,000 for some of the neediest schools. OF OKLAHOMA tieth anniversary of providing service and agri­ Seven to eight schools and approximately IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES cultural products to the Nation's farmer co­ 100 teachers and teacher's aides would be cut operatives. Over 1 million farmers and ranch­ from the title I program effecting almost 3,300 Thursday, March 21,1996 ers in 46 States and two Canadian provinces students. Reading tutorial sites would be Mr. WAITS of Oklahoma. Mr. Speaker, depend on CF and its eleven regional member closed and educational technology programs today I am pleased to join with Senator BOB companies to distribute nitrogen, phosphate would also be eliminated. DOLE in taking the first step toward reopening and potash fertilizers in a timely and cost ef­ My colleagues, the cuts to title I alone are our Nation's military hospitals to Medicare eli­ fective manner. We congratulate CF on its cause for outrage-but when they are added gible military retirees. I am introducing legisla­ high quality service and products over the past to the cuts to students loans, school lunch tion today that will launch a demonstration fifty years as well as its commitment to envi­ programs, job training programs, and Goals project to underscore the cost-effectiveness of ronmental, health, and safety practices. 2000-it is hard to fully grasp the impact of Medicare reimbursement to the Department of CF began in 1946 as a broker of fertilizers these cuts on our children. Defense for the treatment of military bene­ for its farmer-owners. CF then branched out Let's not lose sight of the commitment that ficiaries aged 65 and older at these facilities. into manufacturing and by 1960 came closer brings us here today-let us put our children The Department of Defense's new managed to its goal of being the Nation's major fertilizer first and reject these mean-spirited cuts. health care program, Tricare, replaced the tra­ supplier for the agricultural cooperative com­ ditional military health care program munity. CHAMPUS [Civilian Health and Medical Pro­ Today, CF manufacturing plants have the gram of the Uniformed Services]. While medi­ capacity to produce more than 8 million tons THANK YOU AND HAPPY ANNIVER­ cal treatment may be improved under Tricare of fertilizer products annually. In 1995, CF SARY TO THE MEN AND WOMEN for many members and retirees of the Nation's sales totaled over $1.3 billion. CF manufactur­ OF THE ELSMERE FIRE COM­ armed services, Medicare eligible military retir­ ing plants include nitrogen fertilizer complexes PANY ees are not so lucky because Tricare does not in Donaldsonville, LA and Medicine Hat, Al­ provide for their care at military hospitals ex­ berta, Canada, as well as extensive phos­ HON. MICHAEL N. CAS'IlE cept on a space available basis. phate mining and manufacturing facilities in With the acceleration of military down-sizing Florida. CF's headquarters are located in Long OF DELAWARE and base closings, fewer and fewer military re­ Grove, IL. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES tirees will be eligible for treatment at military The extensive distribution system operated Thursday, March 21, 1996 hospitals. This is unacceptable. When our Na­ by CF allows products to reach their regional Mr. CASTLE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to tion's servicemen and women made their com­ member cooperatives and, ultimately, their pay tribute to the Elsmere Fire Company on mitment to serve our country, we guaranteed farmer-owners. CF has ownership and lease the occasion of its 75th anniversary of leader­ them lifetime health care at military facilities. positions in 63 regional terminals and ware­ ship and service to the community and the Tricare undercuts that commitment for Medi­ houses. Total storage capacity of CF's dis­ town of Elsmere in my home State of Dela­ care eligible beneficiaries and breaks the con­ tribution terminals and warehouses is in ex­ ware. For myself, and on behalf of the citizens tract we made with America's retired military cess of 2.4 million tons of product. personnel. We would like to close, Mr. Speaker, in ex­ of the First State, I would like to thank the The legislation that I have introduced today pressing our best wishes to CF and its em­ Elsmere Fire Company for its many years of will allow for a Medicare subvention dem­ ployees as they look forward to providing good dedicated service. onstration which permits the Health Care Fi­ quality products and services to their members As is typical of the fire departments in Dela­ nancing Administration to repay the Depart­ for the next 50 years. ware, the Elsmere Fire Company is comprised ment of Defense for medical services provided of dedicated men and women who volunteer to these Medicare eligible retirees. The dem­ their time and talents to help prevent or battle onstration project I propose will not contribute INTRODUCTION OF NATIONAL fires and perform emergency medical services to additional costs to the Medicare program MISSILE DEFENSE ACT for our citizens. In today's world, many fire de­ and does not change the manner or process partments find it difficult to recruit and retain under which the Secretary of Defense cur­ HON. BOB UVINGSTON volunteers. With the pressures of work and rently budgets for health care services. family, many find it had to complete the rigor­ OF LOUISIANA I believe that Medicare subvention will prove IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ous fire service training. Yet the Elsmere Fire to be not only feasible and cost-effective, but Thursday, March 21, 1996 Company has remained a vital and integral more importantly, it is the continuation of our part of its community with strong support that contract with America's service men and Mr. LIVINGSTON. Mr. Speaker, I am intro­ has allowed it to grow with the needs of its women. I invite my colleagues to join as co­ ducing today the Defend America Act of 1996. community. I am particularly grateful and sponsors of this important legislation and Just a few short weeks ago, during consid­ proud of this community's efforts. maintain the commitment we have made with eration of the National Defense Authorization At a recent fire company banquet for the our Nation's military personnel. Act, S. 1124, I stood in this Chamber with volunteers, many were recognized for various Chairman SPENCE and my colleagues on the areas of service with the department, and Authorization Committee and said that Mem­ many others were honored for decades of TRIBUTE TO CF INDUSTRIES, INC. bers of this Republican controlled House service. It is important that the Elsmere Fire would not be party to one of the most irre­ Company continue to be able to recruit and HON. PHllJP M. CRANE sponsible acts of negligence on the part of this retain young men and women who are com­ OF ILLINOIS or any administration. It is no secret to this mitted to this outstanding form of public serv­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES body that I am speaking of the administration's ice. The support for the Elsmere Fire Com­ decision to leave the American people de­ pany is strong and the tradition of service is Thursday, March 21, 1996 fenseless against a ballistic missile attack. solid. Mr. CRANE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today along On that day, Chairman FLOYD SPENCE and Although I have not listed all the members with my colleagues: Mr. GIBBONS and Mr. Blli­ I vowed that Congress would initiate its own of the Elsmere Fire Company, I hope that they RAKIS of Florida; Mr. POSHARD, Mr. LAHOOD legislation to make certain that ballistic missile all realize how deeply their efforts are appre­ and Mr. WELLER of Illinois; Mr. LATHAM of defense is one of our Nation's highest prior­ ciated. This company can be proud of its 75 Iowa; Mr. MYERS, Mr. BURTON and Mr. ities. Today, along with Speaker GINGRICH, years of dedicated service. Your community HOSTETTLER of Indiana; Mr. TAUZIN of Louisi­ Chairman FLOYD SPENCE, and other leader­ tanks you for your commitment and concern. ana; Mr. BARRETT of Nebraska; Mr. POMEROY ship in the House, we are making good on 6052 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS March 21, 1996 that promise. Today, we are introducing the cation. He has received degrees from Long Is­ business opportunities and obstacles in both Defend America Act of 1996. This legislation land University, The Manhattan Bible Institute, countries. stands in sharp contrast to the Clinton admin­ the Trinity Theological Seminary, and is cur­ After centuries under harsh imperial rule, istration's philosophy. It is an unequivocal rently working on a D. Min. in pastoral care. Ukraine emerged from the wreckage of the statement in favor of defending the United The vision, unselfishness, and dedication of Soviet Union as a New Independent State States from ballistic missile attack. Let me list Pastor Green is an example of spiritual em­ which wants to belong to an expanded Euro­ some of the differences between the Congress powerment. His efforts to educate young chil­ pean Community. As one who has long sup­ and the administration as outlined in this legis­ dren through the creation of a God-centered ported the struggle of the Ukrainian people to lation: school is truly commendable. It is my pleasure free themselves from Moscow's yoke, I strong­ First, unlike the administration's weak, non­ to introduce Reverend Green to my House ly believe that Ukraine's continued independ­ committal approach, known as, 3 plus 3, this colleagues. ence and its development as a democracy legislation calls for a firm deployment date of based on a market economy are vitally impor­ 2003 for a National Missile Defense [NMD] tant elements in promoting enduring peace in system. The administration claims it will de­ CSIS AMERICAN-UKRAINIAN Europe. ADVISORY COMMITTEE velop an NMD capability within 3 years. But, a decision to deploy will not be made for 3 HON. BENJAMIN A. GILMAN TRffiUTE TO DR. MARY EDWARDS years, in 1999, and only if a threat emerges. WALKER My friends, there is no need to invent a threat. OF NEW YORK An article in the New York Times, January 23, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 1996, records China's veiled threat to use a Thursday, March 21, 1996 HON. SUE W. KEllY OF NEW YORK nuclear missile against Los Angeles. What Mr. GILMAN. Mr. Speaker, as cochairman IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES more do we need? of the Congressional Study Group on Ukraine, Second, we call for an NMD system that I applaud the American-Ukrainian Advisory Thursday, March 21, 1996 can defend the United States and its Committee for the constructive policy rec­ Mrs. KELLY. Mr. Speaker, today I rise in terrorities. The administration's proposal ommendations contained in a communique honor of Women's History Month to acknowl­ leaves open the possibility that Alaska and issued at its third meeting, which was held in edge the formidable accomplishments of a fel­ Hawaii would be left defenseless. We know New York City on November 17 and 18. The low New Yorker, Dr. Mary Edwards Walker. North Korea is already developing a long­ committee is a high-level group of distin­ Disregarding the prejudices of the 1840's range missile that is capable of hitting points guished Americans and the Ukrainians, and 1850's which looked with scandalized dis­ in Alaska and Hawaii. Given these facts, it is chaired by President Jimmy Carter's national approval on attempts by women to join profes­ hard to image the President of the United security advisor, Zbigniew Brzezinski, and sions, Mary Edwards Walker successfully States proposing to defend only part of the sponsored by the Center for Strategic and struggled to pursue her ambition to study Nation against missile attack. Yet, it seems International Studies, a highly regarded policy medicine. Graduating from Syracuse Medical that this is exactly what the administration is research institute in the Nation's Capital. College in 1855, she became one of the first intent on doing. The committee's communique, with 22 rec­ women physicians in the country. Third, this legislation does not limit the bal­ ommendations encompassing the areas of se­ In 1865, Dr. Walker became the first and listic missile architecture simply to comply with curity policy, economic reform, and business only women to receive the Congressional an outdated, obsolete treaty. Rather, it permits investment, provides a strategic blueprint for Medal of Honor for bravely serving as a sur­ the Pentagon to develop an effective National enhancing American-Ukrainian relations on the geon in the Union Army during the Civil War. Missile Defense system that will be able to grounds that an independent and secure She held this title with distinction for 35 years counter emerging threats and defend the Ukraine is good for Europe and its stability until the Adverse Action Medal of Honor Board American people. and is an important geopolitical interest of the took it away from her, claiming her status with Ladies and gentlemen, this legislation will United States. Its key recommendations, to the Army had been ambiguous. It wasn't until ensure that the next time China makes a which I invite my colleagues' attention, are: 58 years after her death that she reclaimed veiled threat to use nuclear weapons against A clear articulation by the United States of the honor she rightfully deserved. Los Angeles, the United States has a re­ its vision of European security architecture Dr. Walker stood alone as an activist for sponse that does not include a massive nu­ and development of a consistent, long-term women in a time when women thought their clear lay down and the destruction of thou­ United States policy toward Ukraine that views role in society was unchangeable. She fought sands of lives. and supports an independent, democratic, and for what she believed instead of just accepting economically successful Ukraine as a Central what she was told. The efforts of trailblazers like Dr. Walker TRffiUTE TO REV. JAMES R. European state and a key factor of security GREEN, and stability in Europe as a whole; made it possible for me to be standing here in JR. Creation of a ministerial-level United States­ the well today. As a woman and a Member of Ukrainian Joint Commission to deal with key Congress, I am grateful for Dr. Walker's leg­ HON. EDOLPHUS TOWNS issues such as energy supplies and security, acy and will work to uphold it for future gen­ OF NEW YORK environmental protection, and combating orga­ erations of young women. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES nized crime; Thursday, March 21, 1996 Extend eligibility to Ukraine under the NATO Participation Act of 1994 and encourage and A TRIBUTE TO DALE ANDERSON Mr. TOWNS. Mr. Speaker, there is no great­ support Ukraine's active participation in the er calling than service to God. I am honored Partnership for Peace Program; HON. RODNEY P. FREUNGHUYSEN to recognize Rev. James R. Green, Jr., the Facilitate Ukraine's participation and integra­ OF NEW JERSEY pastor of Universal Baptist Church on the oc­ tion into a variety if European multilateral insti­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES casion of 12th pastoral anniversary. tutions; Thursday, March 21, 1996 Reverend Green's pursuit of ministerial Acceleration and broadening of the Ukrain­ service was cultivated from the faith and ac­ ian Government's privitization program; Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN. Mr. Speaker, today tions of his grandfather, who was a devoted Renewed commitment by the Ukrainian I rise to pay tribute to Dale Anderson, in honor servant and preacher of the gospel. In keeping Government, with international support, to im­ of his retirement after serving as the mayor of with his Christian faith, Reverend Green plementing real macroeconomic stabilization; the Borough of Florham Park for the last founded the Association of Brooklyn Clergy for Establishment by the Ukrainian Government dozen years. This Saturday, Dale will be hon­ Community Development [ABCCD] to be ad­ of clear property and contract rights to protect ored by the Florham Park Jaycees and the vocated on behalf of human services, housing, and enforce foreign and domestic investors' borough's mayor and council as the 1995 re­ and economic development. rights; and cipient of the Distinguished Service Award for Reverend Green's activism and faith have Creation of a joint American-Ukrainian Busi­ his dedication to making his community a bet­ been bolstered by his avid pursuit of edu- ness Forum for business leaders to discuss ter place to live. March 21, 1996 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 6053 Anyone who knows Dale Anderson can as­ tion to his community. If we could each share v1vmg are five sisters; Julie Wiatt, Helen sure you of his love and dedication to Florham just a fraction of the vision that Frank dreamed Townsend, Celeste Cooper, Angie McCleskey Pari<. He and his wife Carole have resided in for his community, the world would be a far and Anita Dolan. At Monday's Falls Church City Council the borough for the past 30 years where they better place. I ask my colleagues to take a meeting, a number of statements in honor of have raised three children. Dale's first involve­ moment to remember Frank Acosta, and all of Frank Acosta's memory were made. Ruth ment in public service came as a member of the other public servants like Frank who work Chekov, chair of the Senior Citizens' Com­ the Florham Park Jaycees and he served as every day to improve their communities. mission, said his death "is like the passing of its president from 1970 to 1971. Dale's service An article about Frank Acosta follows: an era." Acosta had served on the Senior with the Jaycees launched him into what [From Falls Church News-Press, Feb. 29, Commission last year. would become a 2D-year commitment to public 1996) Long-time friend Lou Olom said, "Frank service. was a stalwart in devotion to the city." He FALLS CHURCH PILLAR, FRANK ACOSTA DIES was, Olom said, "as energetic and productive As a sales representative with International (By Margaret Jones) a citizen as this city has had... . This city Business Machines [IBM], Dale Anderson Frank Acosta's death at age 77 marked the did not just happen, but came about because used the lessons he learned in the business end of a long, distinguished career as jour­ of the activity of so many citizens like world and applied them to managing municipal nalist and public servant. Native of New Frank.'' affairs. Like any salesman worth his salt, Dale York City and graduate of the College of Wil­ Council member Jane Scully said, "Frank took a "hands on," personal approach to gov­ liam and Mary, he moved to this area in 1938 was an enormously special person," and erning, whether it was managing the annual and started his journalistic career here as a cited his role in the passage of the George budget of Florham Park or welcoming a new reporter for the Washington Daily News. Mason school bond referendum. Fortune 500 company in his community's high­ A former neighbor recalls that, while City Manager David Lasso cited Acosta's working for the Washington Star in 1948, "sense of humor, balance and perspective," ly skilled work force and ideal public facilities Frank was sent to Donora, PA to cover the and expressed gratitude for his words of as­ and services. During his tenure on the council first air inversion disaster. For four days, a surance last fall. and then as mayor from 1984 to 1995, Dale toxic fog settled over the town, resulting in State Delegate Bob Hull reported that the Anderson presided over a period of unparal­ 20 deaths and the hospitalization of thou­ State Legislature was adjourned in the mem­ leled economic growth in Florham Park. He sands. His coordination of press relations ory of Frank Acosta on Tuesday. also worked to provide recreational and other and reportage of this early serious pollution activities for children and adults in his home event attracted the notice of the Department town. of Agriculture which hired him to work on OPPOSITION TO THE DEATH PEN­ communications in that Department. ALTY AND ANTITERRORISM ACT Mr. Speaker, it is often said that a leader re­ While engaged in that capacity, Frank be­ flects the people he represents and Dale An­ came interested in the deterioration of the derson's service to his community confirms Potomac River and was instrumental in the HON. JOSE E. SERRANO this. The Borough of Florham Park was estab­ filming of a six-part documentary titled OF NEW YORK lished by an independent and concerned "Our Beautiful Potomac". This series, ac­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES cording to the same source, did not empha­ group of citizens almost a century ago and Thursday, March 21,1996 Dale Anderson and the people that he serves size gloom and doom but rather put forward are committed to the same high standards as ideas on how restoration of the waters might Mr. SERRANO. Mr. Speaker, I rise in oppo­ be brought about. Sparked by Frank's vision, its founders. These qualities are what makes sition to H.R. 2703, the so-called, Death Pen­ this documentatory was shown not only on alty and Anti-Terrorism Act. While I would sup­ Florham Park a wonderful place to work and WRC but also aired nationally. raise a family and it is what made Dale Ander­ During his long employment with the De­ port legislation to thwart domestic terrorism, I son such an effective leader. partment of Health, Education and Welfare am troubled, deeply troubled, with the extreme Mr. Speaker, I want to honor Dale Anderson in communications and public affairs, he and unconstitutional provisions in this legisla­ for his commitment to one of the communities worked to develop a public health system for tion. Correct me if I am wrong, Mr. Speaker, that makes New Jersey's 11th Congressional American Indians and on legislation which but since when have we as a nation ad­ the envy of the Nation. And I congratulate him resulted in the Emergency Medical Techni­ dressed an issue like terrorism-something cians Act of 1975. that we can all agree on-by trampling the on receiving the 28th Annual Distinguished At the core of Frank Acosta's persona was Service Award-he is certainly deserving. rights of the very people that we aim to pro­ his thoughtfulness, consideration of others tect? This is the United States of America, and and feeling of responsibility to his fellow man. This started within his immediate and as lawmakers we are sworn to implement leg­ IN MEMORY OF FRANK ACOSTA large family and found a natural extension islation benefiting society within the param­ in the community in which he lived. Ap­ eters of the Constitution. Unfortunately, I do HON. JAMES P. MORAN pointed in December 1995 to the Senior Citi­ not see that happening today. I believe Con­ zens Commission, he had previously served gress can come up with a more palatable OF VIRGINIA as a member of the School Board and is per­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES antiterrorism bill that will be tough on our en­ haps best remembered for his long-time serv­ emies domestic and foreign, but fair to the in­ Thursday, March 21,1996 ice on the Electoral Board. In that capacity, nocent. he served four 3-year terms from 1982 until Mr. MORAN. Mr. Speaker, I rise to recog­ 1994 and was a member when Debbie Taylor First, the legislation gives the President nize the passing of a constituent of mine, Mr. was hired as City Registrar in 1985. From power to blacklist organizations as terrorist or­ Frank Acosta. Frank dedicated his life to serv­ 1987 until 1990 he served as secretary of the ganizations without judicial review. It goes fur­ ing his country and his community. His lifetime Falls Church Citizens Employee Review ther by violating our first amendment right to of service to the United States, the city of Board. support any legal activity or associate with any Falls Church and to the greater community of His wife Elizabeth pre-deceased him in organization that we choose. I do not say this which we are a part demonstrates the tremen­ 1994. Because of her literary interests, a me­ to encourage those who may support terrorist morial fund in her name was established at dous importance of every person who seeks the Mary Riley Styles Library. The family activities. On the contrary, what I am saying is to improve our community. suggests that, in lieu of flowers, memorial that we have laws on the books that forbid Frank served as a marine in World War II remembrances to Frank Acosta also be sent supporting illegal terrorist activities, but this and later as a reporter, Federal employee, to the Library to establish a fund in his legislation takes it much further by limiting our member of the school board, citizens' em­ name. constitutional right of association. ployee review board, and senior citizens' com­ Surviving members of this large and tight­ Second, the definition of support is too mission; but Frank will be remembered most ly knit family include five children and their broad. If an organization abroad has branches for his long-term service on the Falls Church families: JoMarie Acosta; Francis T. (Happy) in America, this measure would make it illegal Acosta; Andrew Acosta and Ann Crane and to contribute to charitable operations remotely Electoral Board. Frank always looked for a their children Ariel, Marie and David; Eliza­ way to give something back to his community, beth (Ibby) and Patrick McCauley and their related to these groups. and he certainly succeeded. children Hannah Marie Burke and Emily Finally, the bill goes even further by allowing It would be impossible to count the number Mitchell; Philip and Jody Acosta and their the FBI to investigate individuals with ties to of lives Frank touched with his tireless dedica- children Caitlin, Claire and Jake. Also sur- terrorist organizations without proof that they 6054 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS March 21, 1996 knowingly supported terrorist activities or had has received several honorary doctor of letters proving the quality of life for my neighbors and any reasonable knowledge that an individual degrees. He was accepted into the Alpha Beta their families. I wish them continued success or organization could possibly be engaged in Upsilon Chapter of the honor society of histo­ and prosperity as they unite in celebration of terrorist activities. Present law prohibits sup­ rians, Phi Alpha Theta. their 1OOth anniversary. porting terrorist activities. When they enacted Mr. Speaker, I encourage anyone who has It is not too often that a small group of civic­ the current law, Congress saw fit to maintain an opportunity to team from Dr. Clarke to minded leaders join hands in furthering the the first amendment protection of legal activi­ seize it. needs and interests of their community. Yet, ties. this group· is exemplary for making Park Slope Numerous other flaws in the bill could im­ a special place to live and grow up. For a pede on citizens' rights: the habeas corpus TRIBUTE TO BARBARA AUSTIN number of years the residents of Park Slope provisions; the good faith exemption from the LUCAS have benefitted from a wide range of civic exclusionary rule for wiretapping; as well as projects championed by the council. I am hon­ the secret evidence measures for deportation. HON. EDOLPHUS TOWNS ored to have such a courageous and innova­ As I mentioned earlier, Mr. Speaker, I sup­ OF NEW YORK tive organization working to unify the people of port taking a strong stand against terrorists. I IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES my neighborhood and district. I hope that the think we should punish individuals for illegal Park Slope Civic Council will continue serving Thursday, March 21,1996 activities. But, certainly we do not address hei­ its community for another 100 years as they nous terrorist acts with the kind of heinous Mr. TOWNS. Mr. Speaker, in the borough of are acknowledged for their remarkable leader­ constitutional violations found in this bill. Brooklyn there is an institution called Bridge ship. Street A.M.E. Church which serves as a bea­ con of light and a source of spiritual suste­ DR. JOHN HENRIK CLARKE­ nance for its parishioners. Assistant Pastor HONORING JOURNALIST CRISTINA MASTER TEACHER Barbara Austin Lucas contributes greatly to SARALEGUI the positive activities and energies that flow HON. DONAlD M. PAYNE from the church. Reverend Barbara has im­ HON. ROBERT MENENDFZ OF NEW JERSEY OF NEW JERSEY peccable academic credentials. She graduated IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES with honors from Tufts University, received masters degrees from Boston University and Thursday, March 21, 1996 Thursday, March 21, 1996 Colgate Rochester Divinity School, and earned Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr. Speaker, I rise today Mr. PAYNE of New Jersey. Mr. Speaker, in her Ed.D at Union Theological Seminary and to pay tribute to Cristina Saralegui, a distin­ the first century, Pliny the Elder noted that Teachers College, Columbia University. guished journalist and talk show host commit­ "There is always something new out of Afri­ Reverend Barbara has traveled throughout ted to making a difference in her community. ca." As we approach the 21st century, that the Western Hemisphere as well as the con­ Cristina will be honored during afternoon cere­ statement is still extremely valid. There are tinent of Africa in her quest to seek knowledge monies on March 22 by the communities of many scholars who track this phenomenon, and spread goodwill. An organizer by nature, Union City, West New York, and Jersey City. but there is no one more renowned than Dr. Barbara is responsible for the Sisters Sharing Cristina's contributions to her family, profes­ John Henrik Clarke. Convocation in Buffalo, a program that fo­ sion and community are numerous. Born in Dr. Clarke, a master teacher, always avails cused on African-American women addressing Havana, Cuba, Cristina was destined to be­ himself of opportunities to share his knowl­ solutions to critical problems that beset the come a renowned public personality from an edge. This weekend he will visit Newark, NJ to black community. She is also a member of the early age. She was raised in the image of her participate in a lecture series sponsored by Missionary Society, the Brooklyn Historical So­ grandfather, Don Francisco Saralegui, known the New Jersey Black Issues Convention. ciety, the NAACP, and Church Women United. as "The Paper Czar" throughout Latin Amer­ In 1991, during the Congressional Black A devoted mother and wife, Reverend ica for his prolific magazine publishing en­ Caucus Legislative Conference, I had the Lucas has three children, Kemba, Hakim, and deavors. In 1960 at the age of 12, Cristina left honor and pleasure of convening a workshop Kareem. She also works with her husband, Cuba for Florida, where she later attended the in which Dr. Clarke participated. His presen­ the Reverend Frederick A. Lucas, Jr., pastor University of Miami, majoring in mass commu­ tation was simply spellbinding. Everyone of Bridge Street A.M.E. Church. Reverend nications and writing. sensed and appreciated his labor of love­ Lucas has been the recipient of numerous Cristina's involvements in the field of jour­ teaching. I am sure my fellow New Jerseyans awards, including the Outstanding Young nalism are diverse. While still in college, she will come away from this lecture equally stimu­ Women of America, the Sister Sharing Award, participated in an internship with Vanidades, lated and satisfied. and the Church Woman of the Year Award. I the No. 1 ranked women's magazine in Latin John Henrik Clarke was born on January 1, am pleased to recognize her unique achieve­ America. In 1979, Cristina's exceptional ability 1915, in Union Springs, AL. He grew up in ments and contributions. as a journalist led to her being named editor­ Georgia and moved to New York City in 1933 in-chief of Cosmopolitan En Espanol maga­ where he wanted to pursue a career as writer. zine, a position she held for 10 years. In 1989, After 4 years of military service, he attended ONE HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY Cristina launched her own television program New York University and majored in history OF PARK SLOPE CIVIC COl:JNCIL "EI Show de Cristina," which has become a and world literature. From his early years Pro­ No. 1 rated talk show viewed by over 100 mil­ fessor Clarke studied the history of the world HON. CHARLES E. SCHUMER lion people worldwide in 18 countries. Cristina and the history of African people in particular. OF NEW YORK also utilizes her talents by hosting a daily As a writer of fiction he has published over IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES show on the radio called "Cristina Opina". 50 short stories. His articles and conference Rounding out her successful mastery of the papers on African and African-American his­ Thursday, March21, 1996 media is a monthly magazine Cristina La Re­ tory, politics, and culture have been published Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. Speaker, I am proud to vista through which Cristina endeavors to im­ in leading journals throughout the world. He call attention to a distinguished organization, prove the lives of Hispanic-Americans and as­ has written or edited over 21 books. the Park Slope Civic Council, serving the com­ sists them in becoming more productive mem­ Dr. Clarke has taught African history for 20 munity of Park Slope, Brooklyn, for several bers of their communities. years and presently in professor emeritus of generations, and hopefully many more to Cristina's legendary commitment to His­ African world history in the Department of come. The tireless work and courageous lead­ panic-Americans has been long recognized. Africana and Puerto Rican Studies at Hunter ership exhibited by the members of the council She was recognized by the Council on Wom­ College in New York City, and a former distin­ have helped make Park Slope the caring and en's issues as a "No-Nonsense American guished visiting professor of African history at close-knit community it is today. As a long­ Woman" for being a premier role model. The the Africana Studies and Research Center at time resident of Park Slope, I have witnessed stipend received from this award was donated Cornell University. He has received over a the positive contributions made by this group to the American Foundation for AIDS Re­ dozen citations for excellence in teaching and and feel grateful for their commitment to im- search, where Cristina serves as a member of March 21, 1996 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 6055 the National Council. Other citations received which you provided a partial Congressional possible to conclude in absolute terms that by our esteemed honoree include being Budget Office estimate on the conference re­ these four provisions do not impose direct named a "Legendary Woman of Miami," and port on H.R. 1561, the Foreign Relations Au­ budgetary impacts on state governments and thorization Act for Fiscal Years 1996 and do not create unfunded mandates. a "Corporate Leader Award" from the National 1997. I also would like a copy of your com­ The recently enacted Unfunded Mandates Network of Hispanic Women. plete cost estimate on the conference report. Reform Act of 1995 is intended specifically It is an honor to have such an outstanding I have two major concerns with your "to assist Congress in its consideration of and considerate individual visit my district. March 12 letter. proposed legislation" by "providing for the Cristina Saralegui exemplifies the tremen­ First, you addressed the letter only to the development of information about the nature dously positive influence one person can have "unfunded mandates" estimate required by and size of mandates in proposed legisla­ P .L. 104-4 (the "Unfunded Mandates Reform tion." I did not find your March 12 letter on the lives of many. I am certain my col­ helpful in meeting the purpose of this law. leagues will rise with me and honor this re­ Act of 1995"). It would be more useful to Members to have the cost estimate for an en­ Sincerely, markable woman. tire bill or conference report submitted at LEE H. HAMILTON , once. Separating CBO estimates on different Ranking Democratic Member. issues in the same bill and supplying such es­ UNFUNDED MANDATES AND CBO timates at different times leaves CBO vul­ ESTIMATES nerable to question about its procedures, and INDIAN AMERICANS DOMINATE diminishes its helpfulness for Members. U.S. HOTEL INDUSTRY HON. LEE H. HAMILTON Second, I also question the "unfunded mandates" estimate you provided. You state OF INDIANA HON. GARY L ACKERMAN that H.R. 1561 "would impose no intergovern­ OF NEW YORK IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES mental or private sector mandates as defined IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Thursday, March 21,1996 by Public Law 104-4 and would have no direct budgetary impacts on state, local, or tribal Thursday, March 21, 1996 Mr. HAMIL TON. Mr. Speaker, the Unfunded governments." In my view, this assertion is Mr. ACKERMAN. Mr. Speaker, I call to the Mandates Reform Act of 1995 is intended to not supportable when applied to several spe­ attention of my colleagues an article entitled assist Congress in its consideration of pro­ cific provisions in the conference report. "Hospitality is Their Business, Indian-Ameri­ posed legislation by providing the develop­ These four provisions are: Section 1104: Requires the President to cer­ cans' Rooms-to-Riches Success Story." This ment of information about the nature and size article appeared in the business section of to­ of mandates in proposed legislation. The Con­ tify: (1) that either Thailand, Hong Kong, Malaysia, and Indonesia keep refugee camps day's New York Times. gressional Budget Office is directed by that open or that Vietnam will expand its refugee Mr. Speaker, as this article correctly points statute to help in developing such information. interview programs; and (2) that any Viet­ out, Indian Americans are now the dominant I am concerned that the Congressional namese, Cambodians, or Laotians who cite force in the domestic hotel industry. Today, In­ Budget Office estimate received by the Inter­ the Lautenberg provisions (automatically al­ dian Americans own 12,000 hotel and motel national Relations Committee on the con­ lowing in refugees from certain countries) properties. This translates into 46 percent of ference report on H.R. 1561, the America will be allowed into the United States with­ America's economy hotels and 26 percent of Overseas Interest Act, was not helpful in out having to provide any additional proof. the United States total lodging. This is truly an meeting the purpose of the law. Section 1253: Prohibits use of Department of State funding (migration and refugee as­ amazing and impressive accomplishment. My concerns are detailed in the exchange of sistance) for the involuntary return of any Mr. Speaker, Congress is in the midst of a letters that follows. person claiming a well founded fear of perse­ long and protracted debate on how to reform U.S. CONGRESS cution. our Nation's immigration laws. Many of my CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE Section 1255: Adds to the definition of a colleagues have endorsed the idea of sharply Washington, DC, March 12, 1996. refugee anyone who claims he or she is a vic­ reducing the number of legal immigrants to Hon. BENJAMIN A. GILMAN, tim of or has good reason to believe he or she this country as part of this overhaul of our im­ Chairman, Committee on International Rela­ may become the victim of coercive popu­ migration policies. I believe that any Member tions, Washington, DC. lation control practices. who reads this article will have to seriously DEAR MR. CHAIRMAN: In response to the re­ Section 1256: Prohibits State Department quest of your staff, the Congressional Budget funds (migration and refugee assistance) to question and ultimately reject that proposal. Office has reviewed the Conference Report to be used to "effect the involuntary return" of We are a nation of immigrants. Immigrants H.R. 1561, the Foreign Relations Authoriza­ any person to a country where there are sub­ have built this country into the economic pow­ tion Act, Fiscal Years 1996 and 1997, as re­ stantial grounds to believe they are in dan­ erhouse of the Western World. Indian Ameri­ ported on March 8, 1996. The bill would con­ ger of being subjected to torture. cans are one of our country's most visible suc­ solidate various foreign affairs agencies, au­ These four provisions have the potential of cess stories. As Joel Kotkin, a senior fellow at thorize appropriations for the Department of greatly expanding the states' burden of car­ Pepperdine University, stated in the article, State and related agencies, and address other ing for refugees. Today, states pay on aver­ "These Indians are modem Horatio Algers." matters in foreign relations. age at least $3,000-4,000 to support one refu­ Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to close­ The bill would impose no intergovern­ gee for a year. These financial responsibil­ mental or private sector mandates as defined ities apply to every new refugee introduced ly review this important article. I know my col­ by Public Law 104-4 and would have no direct into a state's population. Even if states are leagues join me in saluting the Indian Amer­ budgetary impacts on state, local, or tribal able to step out of some existing responsibil­ ican community on its speculator success in governments. ities, they cannot do so immediately. Chang­ the hotel industry. We need more entre­ We are preparing a separate federal cost es­ ing regulations, adopting new laws, negotiat­ preneurs such as the Indian Americans de-­ timate for later transmittal. ing with the federal government, takes time. scribed in this article who are willing to be­ If you wish further details on this esti­ And when the groups of people who qualify come self-sufficient, productive, and profitable mate, we will be pleased to provide them. for state benefits is changed, litigation will members of our society. The CBO staff contacts are Pepper almost always result. Santahicia, for effects on state, local, and It seems to me that all four provisions cre­ [From the New York Times, Mar. 21, 1996] tribal governments; and Eric Labs, for im­ ate a strong likelihood of increased costs to HOSPITALITY Is THEIR BUSINESS pacts on the private sector. states that could easily reach the $50 million (By Edwin McDowell) Sincerely, threshold set by the Unfunded Mandates Act In the quarter-century that people of In­ JAMES L. BLUM, of 1985. If states may be subject to increased dian ancestry have been emigrating to the (For June E. O'Neill, Director). costs as a result of these provisions, the pro­ United States in sizable numbers, they have visions will have a "direct budgetary im­ carved out a steadily bigger share of the na­ U.S. CONGRESS, COMMITTEE pact." And if the federal government is im­ tion's hotel industry. Starting with no-name ON INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, posing new financial burdens for states, it is motels, they soon graduated to Days Inn, Washington, DC, March 20 , 1996. creating unfunded mandates. Econo Lodge, Rodeway and other economy June E. O'Neill, Given the difficulty in analyzing precisely franchises. Director, Congressional Budget Office, costs in areas with a large number of un­ Today, with more than 12,000 properties, Washington , DC. known factors, such as how many individuals Indian-Americans own 46 percent of Ameri­ DEAR Ms. O'NEILL: I write to register my might enter the United States if these provi­ ca's economy hotels and 26 percent of the na­ concern with your letter of March 12, in sions were to become law, I do not think it tion's total45,000 lodgings. 6056 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS March 21~ 1996 "We used to be isolated in a few states in Alibhai began buying distressed properties, pr esident of Tarsadia Hotels in Costa Mesa, t he South," said Ravi Patel, whose Char­ often jointly with ot her Indian-Americans. Calif. About half of Tarsadia's 13 properties­ lotte, N.C., company, Sree Inc., owns 20 ho­ "That's when the real learning process including the 440-room Clarion Hotel at the tels. "Now we're almost everywhere." began," he said, " not just acquiring the San Francisco airport-are full-service ho­ They are also moving up. A new generation properties but convincing lenders who had tels, with restaurants and bars. is buying properties like Sheratons, tightened their purse strings to finance me. Tushar Patel, by the way, is not related to Radissons and Hiltons, adding an upscale I had to change their perception of Indians Jay Patel of Colorado Springs, unless dis­ chapter to an immigrant success story. as being identified with low-end hotels." tantly, or to most of the thousands of other The first wave of motel ownership was pro­ In many ways, Mr. Alibhai's world of reve­ Patels who own hotels in the United States. pelled by the Indian-Americans' strong fam­ nue streams, variable inflation rates for as­ Almost all Patels, even those from Africa, ily ties, close-knit communities and a will­ sessing potential purchases and structuring trace their ancestry to Gujarat, where hospi­ ingness to invest years of sweat. This latest deals with investment bankers is alien to the tality is highly regarded. wave represents a break with tradition and a generation of his 60-year-old father, Akber, willingness to tackle bigger, more complex who is in charge of purchasing for Gencom. In the United States, many Indian immi­ grants turned to lodging because they could challenges. But the original community still "The older generation is still very cautious provides the backing, as today's entre­ about sharing information, like the cost of buy cheap motels, they could live rent free preneurs pool the resources of extended fam­ hotels," said Jay Patel of Colorado Springs, and the family could work the front desk, ilies and borrow from fellow Indian-Ameri­ a 43-year-old native of Zimbabwe who is part clean rooms, do laundry and make repairs. cans, for whom a handshake is often suffi­ owner of seven hotels in Colorado and Cali­ When they stepped up to franchised prop­ cient collateral. fornia. "The younger generation is much erties, for as little as $20,000 plus 8 percent of "These Indians are modern Horatio more forthcoming." revenues, the Indians acquired not only toll­ Algers," said Joel Kotkin, a senior fellow at There are other differences. free reservation systems and the benefit of the Pepperdine University Institute for Pub­ " When you come from India and Africa, bulk purchases, but an education about lic Policy in Malibu, Calif. "They're willing your view of labor is very different," Mr. prices, payrolls and bookkeeping. to start in marginal and sometimes risky Alibhai said. "People are thankful just to " We'll soon have eight hotels and we're areas that native-born Americans are not in­ have a job. That's their bonus. Here, employ­ looking to open a 200-room one soon, and it's terested in going into, and working incred­ ees also want to feel appreciated. I prefer no big deal," said S. Jay (you guessed it) ibly long hours." this system." Most of Gencom's corporate Patel of Alpharetta, GA. " Now we're experi­ Ramesh Gokal, who bought a 26-room hotel employees are given stock or bonuses, he enced enough to know we can handle it." in North Carolina soon after coming to the said. His father, J.K. Patel, left a 10-year career United States in 1976, is now president of In the early years, Indian-Americans had with Barclays Bank in Kenya to come to Knights Inn, a chain of about 180 franchised problems typical of many newcomers in try­ America in 1978, spending six months looking economy hotels. Children of the industry ing to get financing and insurance. By their for a business before buying a hotel in South pioneers are establishing their own compa­ account, insurers in the early 1980's suddenly Carolina. The elder Mr. Patel attributes the nies and using newly acquired knowledge of canceled property insurance to all Indian Indians' success in this country to " the way capital markets to build budding empires. hotel owners, believing them to be part of an we were brought up." "My parents' generation did business by Indian conspiracy to buy properties and burn having x dollars, buying y goods and selling them down to collect insurance money. Parents instilled the need for education and trust between fam1lies and among their for z," said Karim Alibhai, the kinetic 32- " We were turned down by about 200 insur­ own ethnic group. "In January I did a deal year-old president and chief executive of ance companies, until we convinced under­ with an Indian partner in Dallas for two ho­ Gencom American Hospitality, a family­ writers that these immigrants were out­ owned hotel group in Houston. "At the road­ standing risks,'' said Ron Thomas, a vice tels," said Mr. Alibhai of Gencom. "We side hotels they ran, the management philos­ president of United Insurance Agencies in shook hands, and before the contracts were ophy was get guests in and out, and have the Muncie, Ind., who is widely admired by In­ signed I wired him several million dollars." maids clean the rooms." dian hotel owners for his early efforts on Arvind Patel, who with his wife, Bhavna, But these days, " you have to know admin­ their behalf. owns a 39-room Days Inn in West Point, istration, management and how to use Wall Discrimination also took other forms, in­ Miss., cites another factor-the willingness Street to invest and to grow," added Mr. cluding boasts by rivals that their properties of extended families and acquaintances to Alibhai, who was born in Kenya and majored were " American owned." provide financial help. in economics at Rice University. (Many In­ Much of the more blatant bias began to "We work together as a team," said Arvind dian-American hotelkeepers came to Amer­ wane with the formation of an Indian hotel Patel, a native of Tanzania. "A lot of fami­ ica by way of Africa, where their families owners' association in 1989, vigorously sup­ lies give you $10,000, even $30,000, without had lived for several generations in many ported by Henry R. Silverman, the chairman charging you interest and without any col­ cases.) of HFS Inc., and Michael A. Leven, then lateral. They figure one day you may help In Mr. Alibhai's case, the big plans are not president of Days Inn. Starting with about them." just talk. In September, he co-sponsored a 100 members, the group now numbers more But like many Indians, these Patels are S350 million initial public offering of a real than 4,000 hotel-keepers. branching out and moving up, building an 81- estate investment trust, one of the largest in "Indian franchisees have been the engine room Wingate Inn and a 58-room Hampton United States history. Paine Webber was the of growth for the entire economy-hotel sec­ Inn elsewhere in Mississippi. Meantime, both lead investment banker and Mr. Alibhai was tor," said Mr. Silverman, whose company's continue working a full shift each day be­ initially the biggest individual shareholder. franchises include Days Inn, Knights Inn and hind the desk of their Days Inn, with their Today Gencom affiliates, which began with Super 8. "They were willing to build with 12-year-old son and 10-year-old daughter a single Best Western that Mr. Alibhai's par­ their own capital when no one else was will­ pitching in on weekends. ents bought in 1979 after emigrating from ing to." "And if our help doesn't show up," Mrs. Kenya, own all or part of 47 rotels in 13 For all their success, though, Indian-Amer­ Patel said, "my husband and I still clean the states. Properties include the 759-room icans have stayed away from luxury hotels rooms.'' Radisson New Orleans, the 650--·oom Shera­ and five-star resorts, and often from full­ ton Astrodome in Houston as well as Mar­ service hotels, mainly because of their cost Many of the older Indian-Owned motels riotts, Hiltons and boutique hotels in Boston but also for cultural and religious reasons. were long ago refurbished, if only to measure and San Antonio. Revenues are expected to " Most Indian hotel owners here are Hindus up as franchises-a method the Indians exceed S200 million this year. from Gujarat state and don't do well with quickly saw as a route to financial independ­ Like his parents, Mr. Alibhai said, he anything involving alcohol and meat," said ence. Some properties have been kept for the " worked the desk, drove the shuttle van to Mr. Patel of Colorado Springs. (Most Hindus next generation, but most have been sold to the airport and learned to fix the sewer from the western state of Gujarat are vege­ a newer wave of Indian immigrants. plant." In the three years after finishing col­ tarians, according to the Indian Embassy in When Indian-Americans graduate from col­ lege in 1984, years in which the Houston Washington, and most Gujarati women do lege, many have chosen to become doctors, hotel industry bled red ink, he still did odd not drink.) engineers, lawyers and accountants. " But in jobs at the hotel, but spent most of his time But younger Indians feel differently. most families at least one son or daughter learning the business. "They realize you can offer meat and alcohol will become hoteliers, because they realize it "Operating during that recession was my to your guests, because it's all part of the isn't the hard work it was for us," said J.K. M.B.A.," said Mr. Alibhai, a trim, tennis­ hotel business," Mr. Patel added. Patel, the former Barclays banker. " The dif­ playing executive whose office is in a sleek " Within the next five years you'll see a lot ference is, we used to man the desk our­ Houston high-rise. In 1987, with the economy of us owning luxury properties, like Ritz­ selves. The new generation likes sitting in looking up but hotel values still down, Mr. Carltons," said Tushar Patel, the 31-year-old the office and delegating the work."