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E PL UR UM IB N U U S Congressional Record United States th of America PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES OF THE 104 CONGRESS, SECOND SESSION Vol. 142 WASHINGTON, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13, 1996 No. 34 House of Representatives The House met at 11 a.m. and was KLINK] come forward and lead the the need to seek justice for their fami- called to order by the Speaker pro tem- House in the Pledge of Allegiance. lies. pore [Mr. EVERETT]. Mr. KLINK led the Pledge of Alle- f f giance as follows: I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the REPUDIATION OF EXTREMIST DESIGNATION OF THE SPEAKER United States of America, and to the Repub- CUTS IN EDUCATION PRO TEMPORE lic for which it stands, one nation under God, (Mr. KLINK asked and was given per- The SPEAKER pro tempore laid be- indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. mission to address the House for 1 fore the House the following commu- f minute and to revise and extend his re- nication from the Speaker: ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER marks.) WASHINGTON, DC, PRO TEMPORE Mr. KLINK. Mr Speaker, the other March 13, 1996. body yesterday by a vote of 86 to 14 I hereby designate the Honorable TERRY The SPEAKER pro tempore. The handed out a repudiation of the ex- EVERETT to act as Speaker pro tempore on Chair announces that he will entertain tremist cuts in education that have this day. fifteen 1-minutes on each side. been promoted by the Republicans in NEWT GINGRICH, f this House. Many schools are only a Speaker of the House of Representatives. few weeks from notifying teachers that f JUSTICE FOR THE VICTIMS OF PAN AM FLIGHT 103 AND THEIR they will not be rehired next year. PRAYER FAMILIES Local and State governments will have The Chaplain, Rev. James David (Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN asked and was to eliminate needed education pro- Ford, D.D., offered the following pray- given permission to address the House grams, or they are going to have to er: for 1 minute and to revise and extend raise the property taxes on people who For the beauty of life's gifts and for her remarks.) are already overtaxed, who are busi- the splendor of Your grace, we offer our Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN. Mr. Speaker, ness owners or homeowners. thanks, gracious God, for the new day. on December 21, 1988, Pan Am flight 103 The 103d Congress was the education Though we must know the details of was blown out of the sky by a terror- Congress. It passed Goals 2000, national the particulars of each event, yet may ist's bomb. That brutal, cowardly act service, school-to-work funding for stu- we not only focus on what is in front of killed all 259 aboard, including 189 dents who are not going to college but us, but lift our eyes to glimpse the vi- Americans, 1 of whom, John Cummock, need to be headed into a job. The 104th sion of the opportunities You have pre- was a constituent of my congressional Congress now wants to cut those pro- pared for each of us. O loving God, from district. grams, along with title I, summer whom has come our creation and the Months of detective work finally un- youth jobs, dislocated workers, Head sustenance of the heavens and the covered the hand of Libyan dictator Start, drug-free schools. It was the rob- earth, may Your strong arm support us Mu'ammar Qadhafi behind this trag- ber barons of the 1800's that did not along life's way and may Your spirit edy. want to fund education for the children sustain us in all we ask or think or do. Since the identification of the Liby- of their workers, so the public funded In Your name we pray. Amen. an agents who committed this crime, education. Now the new robber barons f diplomatic pressure has been applied in of this generation want to take the an effort to force the extradition of public investment out of public THE JOURNAL these murderers. Qadhafi has refused to schools. We should not let them. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The surrender them for trial, in either the f Chair has examined the Journal of the United Kingdom or the United States. THE ERA OF BIG GOVERNMENT IS last day's proceedings and announces Today, this House will have the op- ALIVE, WELL, AND LIVING IN to the House his approval thereof. portunity to allow the families of these Pursuant to clause 1, rule I, the Jour- murder victims a chance to seek jus- THE WHITE HOUSE nal stands approved. tice against Qadhafi, by passing a bill (Mr. CHABOT asked and was given f that will allow these families the permission to address the House for 1 chance to present the facts of this minute and to revise and extend his re- PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE crime in American courts. marks.) The SPEAKER pro tempore. Will the I urge my colleagues to remember Mr. CHABOT. Mr Speaker, 50 days gentleman from Pennsylvania [Mr. the victims of Pan Am flight 103 and ago President Clinton stood before the b This symbol represents the time of day during the House proceedings, e.g., b 1407 is 2:07 p.m. Matter set in this typeface indicates words inserted or appended, rather than spoken, by a Member of the House on the floor. H2125 H2126 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD Ð HOUSE March 13, 1996 American people right here behind me bully Congress into giving him $8 bil- No matter how hard we try to make in this Chamber and said, ``The era of lion more in the appropriations bill to the President understand the impor- big government is over.'' I am here to spend on his liberal agenda. Instead of tance of a balanced budget, for our fu- announce that, unfortunately, rumors working to balance the Federal budget, ture and for the future of our children of the demise of big government were the President wants to increase spend- and grandchildren, he fights us at premature. Big government is in fact ing in order to appease his liberal base every turn. alive and well, and living in the White of support in this election year. As a new Member of the House of House. Mr. Speaker, this is not what the Representatives, I came here to get a In case Members have not heard, Mr. American people want. They want a job done. Speaker, Bill Clinton has requested bil- smaller, less costly, more efficient The American people sent us here to lions more in spending on many of his Government. They want their elected put a stop to the reckless spending pet projects and liberals' constitu- officials to represent their priorities practices that have saddled us all with encies. The President wants more and their values, not Washington, DC, a mountain of debt. money for corporate welfare, more values. And, once again, the President But the Clinton administration money for ineffective job training pro- has let the American people down by fights us at every turn. Somehow, grams, more money for the National trying to increase, not decrease Gov- President Clinton wants us to believe Endowment for the Arts, and more ernment spending. that in a budget of about a trillion and money for Goals 2000, and on and on f a half dollars, we're still not spending and on. BIG GOVERNMENT, NO; BUT enough. Mr. Speaker, let us not delude our- EDUCATION, YES Mr. Speaker, the American people selves into believing that big govern- are listening; they have a Congress ment is over. The President's pork bar- (Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas asked committed to a balanced budget and a and was given permission to address rel package proves that liberal Wash- President that isn't, despite his rhet- the House for 1 minute and to revise ington special interests and the bu- oric to the contrary. If we cannot con- and extend her remarks.) vince him to do what's right, perhaps reaucrats still want big government. Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas. Mr. the American people will. Let us continue the fight against big Speaker, I would simply say that big Federal Government, reduce the tax government is over, but I think my Re- f burden on hard-working Americans, publican colleagues think that oppor- REPUBLICAN EDUCATION CUTS and let us balance the budget. tunity for children is over as well. This ARE WRONG f Republican Congress is the bashing (Ms. DELAURO asked and was given THE WHITEWATER INVESTIGATION education Congress. They refuse to in- permission to address the House for 1 clude in this continuing resolution re- HAS REACHED THE FINAL FRON- minute and to revise and extend her re- sources for education. In fact, in my TIER OF JURISPRUDENCE marks.) home State of Texas, we will lose $97.8 (Mr. TRAFICANT asked and was Ms. DELAURO. Mr. Speaker, yester- million in title I funds, $8.5 million in given permission to address the House day, the extreme agenda of House Re- funds for the safe and drug-free schools for 1 minute and to revise and extend publicans was repudiated by their own program, and Harris County alone will his remarks.) Republican colleagues in the Senate. lose $7.9 million in title I funds. Mr. TRAFICANT. Mr. Speaker, some Do my colleagues know what school The Senate voted 84 to 16 to pass a people say that politics in America is boards around this Nation are doing? Democratic amendment that restored getting real strange.