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Congressional Record United States Th of America PROCEEDINGS and DEBATES of the 108 CONGRESS, FIRST SESSION E PL UR UM IB N U U S Congressional Record United States th of America PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES OF THE 108 CONGRESS, FIRST SESSION Vol. 149 WASHINGTON, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2003 No. 30 House of Representatives The House met at 2 p.m. and was Pursuant to clause 1, rule I, the Jour- OFFICE OF THE CLERK, called to order by the Speaker pro tem- nal stands approved. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, pore (Mrs. CAPITO). Washington, DC, February 14, 2003. f Hon. J. DENNIS HASTERT, f The Speaker, House of Representatives, PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE DESIGNATION OF THE SPEAKER Washington, DC. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Will the DEAR MR. SPEAKER: Pursuant to the per- PRO TEMPORE gentleman from South Carolina (Mr. mission granted in Clause 2(h) of Rule II of The SPEAKER pro tempore laid be- WILSON) come forward and lead the the Rules of the U.S. House of Representa- fore the House the following commu- House in the Pledge of Allegiance. tives, the Clerk received the following mes- nication from the Speaker: sage from the Secretary of the Senate on Mr. WILSON of South Carolina led February 14, 2003, at 10:38 a.m. WASHINGTON, DC, the Pledge of Allegiance as follows: That the Senate passed S. Con. Res. 4. February 25, 2003. I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the That the Senate passed without amend- I hereby appoint the Honorable SHELLY United States of America, and to the Repub- ment H.R. 395. MOORE CAPITO to act as Speaker pro tempore lic for which it stands, one nation under God, That the Senate passed without amend- on this day. indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. ment H. Con. Res. 1. J. DENNIS HASTERT, That the Senate passed without amend- f Speaker of the House of Representatives. ment H. Con. Res. 35. f MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE That the Senate passed without amend- ment H. Con. Res. 41. PRAYER A message from the Senate by Mr. That the Senate passed without amend- The Chaplain, the Reverend Daniel P. Monahan, one of its clerks, announced ment H.J. Res. 19. Coughlin, offered the following prayer: that the Senate has passed a bill of the That the Senate agreed to conference re- Eternal God, Divine Providence has following title in which the concur- port H.J. Res. 2. rence of the House is requested: Appointment: Harry S Truman Scholarship guided this Nation throughout its his- Foundation. S. 151. An act to amend title 18, United tory. With best wishes, I am States Code, with respect to the sexual ex- You have brought us through times Sincerely, ploitation of children. of war and times of peace, days of hard- JEFF TRANDAHL, ship and days of plenty. The message also announced that Clerk of the House. Through all of our struggles You pursuant to section 8002 of title 26, f have brought to light great falsehoods United States Code, the Chair, on be- and led us to embrace greater truths. half of the Committee on Finance, an- ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER Be with the Members of the 108th nounces the designation of the fol- PRO TEMPORE Congress and guide them in these un- lowing Senators as members of the The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- settling times. Joint Committee on Taxation: ant to clause 4 of rule I, Speaker pro Keep our Nation strong and, in Your The Senator from Iowa (Mr. GRASS- tempore BARTLETT signed the following loving care, keep us safe. LEY). enrolled joint resolution on Tuesday, Be close to those who are in most The Senator from Utah (Mr. HATCH). February 18, 2003: need of Your consolation and help. The Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. H.J. Res. 2, making consolidated ap- Listen to all who call upon Your holy NICKLES). propriations for the fiscal year ending name in prayer as they struggle to un- The Senator from Montana (Mr. BAU- September 30, 2003, and for other pur- derstand the signs of the times. CUS). poses. The Senator from West Virginia (Mr. We beg to know Your holy will now f and forever. ROCKEFELLER). REJECT EXPLOITATION Amen. f f (Mr. DELAY asked and was given per- COMMUNICATION FROM THE mission to address the House for 1 THE JOURNAL CLERK OF THE HOUSE minute and to revise and extend his re- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The The SPEAKER pro tempore laid be- marks.) Chair has examined the Journal of the fore the House the following commu- Mr. DELAY. Madam Speaker, the last day’s proceedings and announces nication from the Clerk of the House of coming debate on cloning raises a fun- to the House her approval thereof. Representatives: damental issue: Is it ethical to turn 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. H1277 . VerDate Jan 31 2003 05:28 Feb 26, 2003 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A25FE7.000 H25PT1 H1278 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE February 25, 2003 human reproduction into a scientific that should remember the con- vote is objected to under clause 6 of manufacturing process? To me, Madam sequences of coddling tyrants, they are rule XX. Speaker, the answer is an unequivocal France and Germany. Record votes on postponed questions no. There is no moral justification for But these two countries seem to have will be taken after 6:30 p.m. today. human cloning. forgotten. f Some people claim that, in this case, The world is watching as Saddam HONORING THE LIFE OF AL the ends justify the means and we Hussein amasses weapons so powerful HIRSCHFELD AND HIS LEGACY should just ignore the ethical connota- they could wipe out whole armies, tions of creating cloned human em- whole cities and, given time, perhaps Mrs. BLACKBURN. Madam Speaker, bryos, for whatever purpose. But let us even whole nations; and we know he I move to suspend the rules and agree establish the first principle here: every will use them because he has done so to the resolution (H. Res. 46) honoring life is precious and every life is unique. before. But France and Germany seem the life of Al Hirschfeld and his legacy. The procedures contemplated by op- to be doing everything in their power The Clerk read as follows: ponents of a full cloning ban are no to foil our plans to stop him before it H. RES. 46 better than medical strip-mining, and is too late. Whereas Al (Albert) Hirschfeld was born they would trample the dignity of life. Is it because these two countries June 21, 1903, in St. Louis, Missouri; This we cannot and will not allow. have seen so much blood that they just Whereas Hirschfeld moved to New York f cannot stand the thought of another City with his family at age 12; Whereas, by age 18, Hirschfeld was already HONORING JUSTICE ERNEST A. war? Or is it because so much of the art director for Selznick Pictures; FINNEY, JR. Saddam’s technology has come from Whereas Hirschfeld went on to study paint- Germany? Perhaps it is because France (Mr. WILSON of South Carolina ing, sculpture, and drawing in Paris; asked and was given permission to ad- is Saddam’s third largest trading part- Whereas on a trip in Bali, Hirschfeld first dress the House for 1 minute and to re- ner. France and Germany’s reckless- became ‘‘enchanted with line’’ and developed ness has even risked the safety of an his signature style of caricature; vise and extend his remarks.) Whereas, in 1926, Hirschfeld attended the Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. ally and threatened the cohesiveness of NATO itself, although I am glad to say theater with press agent Richard Maney, Madam Speaker, I rise today to cele- who noticed the sketch Hirschfeld had brate the extraordinary achievements they have come to their senses there. doodled on his program and convinced him to of Earnest A. Finney, Jr. It is time for Germany and France to submit it to the New York Herald Tribune, Raised by his father after his mother decide where they stand. Are they on which printed it on its front page; died following his birth, Earnest the side of tyrants, or are they on the Whereas Hirschfeld began receiving peri- Finney went on to graduate from side of freedom? There is no other odic drawing assignments for the drama Claflin College and from South Caro- choice. pages of the New York Times; Whereas Hirschfeld became a close friend lina State University School of Law. f of legendary New York Times theater critic Finding it difficult to earn a living as HOUR OF MEETING ON WEDNES- Brooks Atkinson and developed a relation- an attorney, Finney became a teacher DAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2003, AND ship with the newspaper that would last and waited tables to make ends meet. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2003 nearly 75 years; Finney then settled in Sumter, South Whereas Hirschfeld went on to draw nearly Carolina, with his family and became Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. every important figure of the American the- South Carolina’s leading defender of Madam Speaker, I ask unanimous con- ater for the New York Times; civil rights, representing more than sent that when the House adjourns Whereas searching for the name of 6,000 clients. In 1963 Finney served as today, it adjourn to meet at 1 p.m. on Hirschfeld’s daughter, Nina, sometimes hid- Wednesday, February 26; and that when den as many as a dozen times within his chairman of the South Carolina Com- drawings, became a favorite pastime for mission on Civil Rights and in 1972 was the House adjourns on Wednesday, it readers; elected to the South Carolina House of adjourn to meet at 1 p.m.
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