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Congressional Record United States Th of America PROCEEDINGS and DEBATES of the 105 CONGRESS, SECOND SESSION E PL UR UM IB N U U S Congressional Record United States th of America PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES OF THE 105 CONGRESS, SECOND SESSION Vol. 144 WASHINGTON, TUESDAY, JUNE 16, 1998 No. 78 House of Representatives The House met at 12:30 p.m. and was consent of the Congress to the Texas MORNING HOUR DEBATES called to order by the Speaker pro tem- Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- pore (Mr. RADANOVICH). Compact,'' disagreed to by the House ant to the order of the House of Janu- f and agree to the conference asked by ary 21, 1997, the Chair will now recog- the House on the disagreeing votes of nize Members from lists submitted by DESIGNATION OF SPEAKER PRO the two Houses thereon, and appoints the majority and minority leaders for TEMPORE Mr. THURMOND, Mr. HATCH, and Mr. morning hour debates. The Chair will The SPEAKER pro tempore laid be- LEAHY to be the conferees on the part alternate recognition between the par- fore the House the following commu- of the Senate, with instructions. ties, with each party limited to 30 min- nication from the Speaker: utes, and each Member, except the ma- The message also announced that the WASHINGTON, DC, jority leader, the minority leader, or Senate insists upon its amendment to June 16, 1998. the minority whip, limited to 5 min- the bill (H.R. 1853) ``An Act to amend I hereby designate the Honorable GEORGE utes. P. RADANOVICH to act as Speaker pro tem- the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Ap- The Chair recognizes the gentleman pore on this day. plied Technology Education Act,'' and from Oregon (Mr. BLUMENAUER) for 5 NEWT GINGRICH, requests a conference with the House minutes. Speaker of the House of Representatives. on the disagreeing votes of the two f f Houses thereon, and appoints Mr. JEF- MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE FORDS, Mr. COATS, Mr. GREGG, Mr. BRINGING OUR EDUCATION FRIST, Mr. DEWINE, Mr. ENZI, Mr. A message from the Senate by Mr. SYSTEM INTO THE 21ST CENTURY HUTCHINSON, Ms. COLLINS, Mr. WARNER, Lundregan, one of its clerks, an- Mr. BLUMENAUER. Mr. Speaker, an Mr. MCCONNELL, Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. nounced that the Senate had passed important step was taken last week in DODD, Mr. HARKIN, Ms. MIKULSKI, Mr. without amendment a concurrent reso- our efforts to assure that America's lution of the House of the following BINGAMAN, Mr. WELLSTONE, Mrs. MUR- schools and libraries share in the full title: RAY, and Mr. REED to be the conferees power of the Internet. The Federal on the part of the Senate. H. Con. Res. 75. Concurrent resolution ex- Communications Commission made its pressing the sense of the Congress that The message also announced that the E-rate decision on Friday June 12. To States should work more aggressively to at- Senate insists upon its amendment to their great credit the commissioners tack the problem of violent crimes commit- the resolution (H. Con. Res. 284) ``A withstood tremendous pressure to end ted by repeat offenders and criminals serving the program and decided to continue abbreviated sentences. concurrent resolution revising the con- gressional budget for the United States funding the discounted rate, the E- The message also announced that the Government for fiscal year 1998, estab- rate, but at a reduced level from what Senate had passed with amendments in lishing the congressional budget for was anticipated. The new funding level which the concurrence of the House is the United States Government for fis- is an almost 50 percent reduction from requested, a bill and a concurrent reso- what schools and libraries anticipated lution of the House of the following ti- cal year 1999 and setting forth appro- priate budgetary levels for fiscal years and planned for based on what the Con- tles: gress had previously decided. 2000, 2001, 2002, and 2003,'' and requests H.R. 1853. An act to amend the Carl D. Per- Organizations from around the coun- a conference with the House on the dis- kins Vocational and Applied Technology try are understandably disappointed. agreeing votes of the two Houses there- Education Act. Thirty thousand schools and libraries H. Con. Res. 284. Concurrent resolution re- on, and appoints Mr. DOMENICI, Mr. took Congress at its word and submit- vising the congressional budget for the GRASSLEY, Mr. NICKLES, Mr. GRAMM, ted significant effort through their ap- United States Government for fiscal year Mr. BOND, Mr. GORTON, Mr. GREGG, Ms. 1998, establishing the congressional budget plications to the FCC. But in fairness I for the United States Government for fiscal SNOWE, Mr. ABRAHAM, Mr. FRIST, Mr. think the FCC did the best it could year 1999, and setting forth appropriate GRAMS, Mr. SMITH or Oregon, Mr. LAU- with this difficult situation. budgetary levels for fiscal years 2000, 2001, TENBERG, Mr. HOLLINGS, Mr. CONRAD, There are several reasons why the po- 2002, and 2003. Mr. SARBANES, Mrs. BOXER, Mrs. MUR- litical climate has become so charged. The message also announced that the RAY, Mr. WYDEN, Mr. FEINGOLD, Mr. Yes, there is considerable confusion, Senate insists upon its amendment to JOHNSON, and Mr. DURBIN to be the con- but the solution is clearly not to end or the bill (H.R. 629) ``An Act to grant the ferees on the part of the Senate. put a hold on the program. We must 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. H4569 H4570 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD Ð HOUSE June 16, 1998 recognize that much of this con- are at their lowest point in history as Not only domestically, but Congress troversy is manufactured based on mis- a result of deregulation. What this de- is endlessly involved in many affairs understanding. bate is about is whether we as a Nation overseas. We are involved by passing It is a misunderstanding about the are going to meet the commitment we out foreign aid, getting involved in pro- origin of the program. It did not come made to share the benefits of the de- grams like the IMF and World Bank. from the FCC, it was not an invention regulated telecommunication industry We are interfering in internal affairs of the Vice President, although he was with the education system and our li- militarily in over a hundred countries clearly an advocate for Internet access braries and keep the commitment to at the present time. So there is a tre- to schools and libraries. This is an ele- those 30,000 schools and libraries. mendous motivation for people to come ment that was part of the Tele- f here and try to influence us. They see communications Act of 1996 passed by a it as a good investment. CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM Republican controlled Congress and More rules and regulations, I believe, supported with overwhelming biparti- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under will do one thing if the size of govern- san votes. the Speaker's announced policy of Jan- ment is not reduced. What we will do is There is some confusion over whether uary 21, 1997, the gentleman from drive the influence under ground. That adding subsidies into the telephone Texas (Mr. PAUL) is recognized during is a natural consequence as long as rate is actually a new idea. In fact it is morning hour debates for 5 minutes. there is an incentive to invest. not. The E-rate is simply an expansion Mr. PAUL. Mr. Speaker, campaign fi- Under the conditions that we have of the existing universal service pro- nance reform has been a major topic today the only way we can avoid the gram which has been around for 60 for months on the House floor and, I influence is not ourselves, we, the years and which was an important tool understand, will continue to be a major Members of Congress, being a good in- to assure that rural America had tele- debate. The last time the Congress has vestment. We should be independent, phone service at affordable rates. passed any major reforms dealing with courageous and do the things that are There is some confusion as to the ac- campaigning was in the 1970s, and right rather than being influenced by tual cost that is borne by the phone every problem that we had back then the money. But the rules and the regu- companies, although it is quite clear we have today, only it is much worse. lations will not do very much to help that as a result of the benefits of de- Today, in order to comply with the solve this problem. Attacking basic regulation the phone companies have law, we fill out tens of thousands of fundamental rights would certainly be saved in the neighborhood of $3 billion pages of forms, there is total misunder- the wrong thing to do, and that is what as a result of deregulation to date, far standing of what the rules and regula- so much of this legislation is doing. It more than is contemplated by keeping tions are, there are numerous fines is attacking the fundamental right to Congress' commitment to our schools being levied against many Members speak out to petition the government and libraries. and many candidates, there are many to spend one's money the way he sees There appears to be some confusion inaccuracies put into the record main- fit, and this will only make the prob- over this surcharge on the telephone ly because a lot of people cannot even lems much worse.
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