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Congressional Record United States Th of America PROCEEDINGS and DEBATES of the 109 CONGRESS, FIRST SESSION E PL UR UM IB N U U S Congressional Record United States th of America PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES OF THE 109 CONGRESS, FIRST SESSION Vol. 151 WASHINGTON, THURSDAY, JUNE 23, 2005 No. 85 House of Representatives The House met at 10 a.m. The SPEAKER. State your inquiry. ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER The Chaplain, the Reverend Daniel P. Mr. LAHOOD. Mr. Speaker, I have no- The SPEAKER. The Chair will recog- Coughlin, offered the following prayer: ticed at least one occasion when a nize up to 10 Members on each side for Eternal God, guide and protector of Member announced he was opposed to a 1-minute speeches. Your people, grant us unfailing respect measure when he sought to offer a mo- for Your holy name and for Your holy f tion to recommit but then voted ‘‘yes’’ presence in the people we meet today. GITMO on passage of the bill. Consecrate the work of this Congress. (Ms. PRYCE of Ohio asked and was Raise up statesmen here and abroad Mr. Speaker, is that regular order? given permission to address the House who will recognize Your holy will in The SPEAKER. As Members are for 1 minute and to revise and extend the waves of history and the will of the aware, the first element of priority in her remarks.) people whom they serve. recognition for a motion to recommit Ms. PRYCE of Ohio. Mr. Speaker, I May the peace and prosperity of this is whether the Member seeking rec- rise today on behalf of our military. It Nation be secured, while our attention ognition is opposed to the main meas- has been 4 years since terrorists killed is expanded and genuine concern for ure. This criterion is not a matter of more than 3,000 innocent people and it others is deepened by sincerity. record at that point. Instead, it de- seems that Democrats still do not un- Your bountiful resources of the Earth pends on the statement of the Member derstand who the enemy is. are plentiful enough, Lord, and can seeking recognition. Under the prac- They have turned their rhetoric to even be multiplied by the ingenuity tice of the House exemplified in Can- the American soldiers who guard the and cooperative labor of people work- non’s Precedents, volume 8, section prison at Guantanamo Bay which ing together. 2770, the Chair accepts without ques- houses some of the world’s most want- For Your many gifts, we give You tion an assertion by a Member of the ed and is vital to the war on terror. praise, honor and thanksgiving now House that he is opposed to the meas- Their efforts have provided some very and forever. Amen. ure in its current form. valuable intelligence, intelligence that f The Chair is cognizant of the possi- will save countless lives and keep our THE JOURNAL bility that a very close question can country secure. Yet some would rather The SPEAKER. The Chair has exam- engender a genuine change of heart use it as a political tool than honor ined the Journal of the last day’s pro- during the collegial discussions that those who serve there. I hope our troops cannot hear them. ceedings and announces to the House occur during proceedings in recom- What is more, they would rather his approval thereof. mittal and passage. But it is hard to focus this Congress on investigating Pursuant to clause 1, rule I, the Jour- believe that such genuine changes of our own troops than on investigating nal stands approved. heart might occur on regular bases. So enemy combatants, would-be terror- f the Chair must ask all Members to re- flect on how important it is that the ists, and threats to our homeland. You PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Chair be able to rely on the statement would think that the party of Truman The SPEAKER. Will the gentle- of a Member in judging whether he and FDR would reserve comparisons to woman from California (Ms. LINDA T. qualifies over another who is truly op- Nazis, the Holocaust and Pol Pot for al SA´ NCHEZ) come forward and lead the posed to offer a particular motion. Qaeda, Saddam’s ethnic cleansing, or House in the Pledge of Allegiance. Osama bin Laden. Ms. LINDA T. SA´ NCHEZ of Cali- The instance recorded in the Desch- But no. Those are the words they use fornia led the Pledge of Allegiance as ler-Brown Precedents, volume 12, chap- to describe our troops in the field, our follows: ter 29, section 23.49, is instructive. As military command, and our soldiers at articulated in an apology by the rank- I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the Guantanamo. United States of America, and to the Repub- ing minority member of the Committee I hope our men and women in uni- lic for which it stands, one nation under God, on Appropriations in 1979, ‘‘the honor- form cannot hear them. indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. able, if not technical, duty of a Member f f offering a motion to recommit is to vote against the bill on final passage.’’ RESTORE FUNDING FOR PUBLIC PARLIAMENTARY INQUIRY The Chair asks each Member to give BROADCASTING Mr. LAHOOD. Mr. Speaker, I have a thoughtful consideration to this senti- (Mr. MEEKS of New York asked and parliamentary inquiry. ment. was given permission to address 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. H4987 . VerDate Aug 04 2004 01:55 Jun 25, 2005 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A23JN7.000 H23JNPT1 H4988 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE June 23, 2005 House for 1 minute and to revise and LOBBYING REFORM We need to support Social Security re- extend his remarks.) (Mr. EMANUEL asked and was given form. Mr. MEEKS of New York. Mr. Speak- permission to address the House for 1 f er, I rise this morning to urge the minute and to revise and extend his re- 150TH ANNIVERSARY TREATIES House to restore full funding for public marks.) broadcasting. The Republican House Mr. EMANUEL. Mr. Speaker, yester- (Mr. BLUMENAUER asked and was appropriators’ unwise decision to cut day in the Senate we heard testimony given permission to address the House funding totaling 45 percent is offensive of blatant fraud masquerading as a le- for 1 minute.) to the millions of Americans who rely gitimate lobbying operation. And also Mr. BLUMENAUER. Mr. Speaker, on PBS for news and information. Par- yesterday, the Washington Post ran a this weekend marks the 150th anniver- ents depend on PBS to provide their front page story detailing the excesses sary of the Treaty with the Tribes of children with wholesome programming of K Street, known as Lobbyists Ave- Middle Oregon and today I have intro- that is educational and free of charge. nue. duced legislation to commemorate that But not only children benefit from Mr. Speaker, it is clear that these are event. There were a number of impor- PBS. Their programs and services also gold rush times for professional lobby- tant treaties signed in 1855 which in- educate adults and engage people in ists in Washington, DC. Since 2000, the cluded the Cayuse, Umatilla, Walla the sciences, history and arts; and in- number of professional lobbyists has Walla and ultimately the Warm form viewers and listeners of local and more than doubled, to 34,000. Profes- Springs. These treaties helped guide world events. As a result, PBS pro- sional lobbyists have become the full and shape the management of land, gramming helps Americans engage as service ‘‘back office’’ to Congress, ar- water, wildlife and fisheries of the Pa- literate citizens of their respective ranging lavish fact-finding trips, writ- cific Northwest now and into the fu- communities. ing legislation, and functioning as an ture. The treaties were understood by The Republican Party who preaches employment agency for Members and their signers to ensure the unique qual- about family values and morality is staff. ity of life of native peoples in middle turning its back on millions of Ameri- Just as we put distance between do- Oregon. cans who seek decent, wholesome pro- nors and Members of Congress when Unfortunately, the United States’ gramming free from the smut and vio- they run for office, we need to do the history of honoring its commitments lence that has infested the airwaves. same when it comes to professional to Native Americans leaves much to be Only the GOP would assassinate Big lobbyists and Members of Congress who desired. In honor of the anniversary of Bird, Elmo and Barney with one vi- write the laws. Our bill, the Meehan- these treaties, we should reaffirm and cious swipe of their mean-spirited, Emanuel bill, slows the revolving door support the promises made 150 years budget-cutting sword. between government and lobbying, en- ago between the Pacific Northwest It is time that my friends on the hances disclosure and transparency, tribes and the United States of Amer- other side of the aisle match their val- curbs privately funded congressional ica. Together, we have a rich legacy ues rhetoric with their actions and re- junkets and gives teeth to enforcement and a bright future to protect, and I store full funding for our families by mechanisms. With congressional ap- urge my colleagues in joining me in giving PBS the Federal moneys it just- proval at all-time lows, we must act supporting this resolution.
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